Monday, May 29, 2017

Renters Warm to Homeownership

New survey results...


Home is happiness.

Renters are staunchly in favor of homeownership, and, though they have concerns about their ability to afford a home, more now believe it is easier to qualify for a mortgage, Suzanne Da Vita reports on rismedia.com.

According to the latest SCE Housing Survey, part of the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 72.3 percent of renters “prefer” or “strongly prefer” to own a home rather than rent one, and 55.9 percent view homeownership as “a good investment”—findings that dismiss a commonly held notion that they have become averse to homeownership as a result of societal shifts, Da Vita wrote.

While there has been improvement, however, the likelihood of buying is at a standstill, she added.

For more:http://rismedia.com/2017/05/21/renters-warm-homeownership-affordability/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=eNews#close

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