This paper analyzes the determinants of homeownership in immigrant households over the 1980-2000 period. The study … finds that immigrants have lower homeownership rates than natives and that the homeownership gap widened significantly … origin mix of the immigrant population, helps explain much of the homeownership gap. The evidence also indicates that the …

This paper documents a number of key facts about the evolution of mortgage debt, homeownership, debt burden and … over the boom period. While homeownership rates increased for the middle and upper income households, there was no increase … in homeownership for the lowest income groups. Finally, default rates post-crisis went up predominantly in areas with …

This paper analyzes the importance of household perceptions of house price risk in explaining homeownership choice …

centuries from the standpoint of property accumulation over the life course. Age patterns of homeownership for urban and rural … of Labor Survey, and published data from the 1890 and 1930 united States censuses, the incidence of homeownership by age …

This paper examines homeownership and housing demand for a sample of approximately 6,800 urban, industrial workers in … indicate lower homeownership rates among American workers circa 1890 than later and significant effects on ownership of income …