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Despite Falling Prices, Housing Burden Still High for Middle Class

Though home prices have fallen dramatically as a result of the housing bust, paying the monthly cost of renting or owning a home hasn?t become any easier for many middle-income Americans families, a new study finds.
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High house prices trap rising numbers in 'generation rent' – and they are not happy about it.

Business & Finance : Telegraph.co.uk Finance Blog (last year)

High house prices are trapping more young and middle-aged people in 'generation rent'. Restricted mortgage availability is also excluding rising numbers from home ownership, despite widespread dissatisfaction with rented accommodati... Read Post

David M. Abromowitz: Rising Rents, Falling Recovery: Not Time to Retreat from Rental Housing

Business & Finance : Huffington Post: Business Blog (2 years ago)

What is the single biggest monthly budget item for most families? A payment for housing, often a rent check. Rents are starting to rise dramatically... Read Post

Renting costs £200,000 more than homebuying – even before house price gains are banked

Business & Finance : Telegraph.co.uk Finance Blog (11 months ago)

Don’t tell ‘generation rent’ – or rising numbers of people unable to buy their own home – but Barclays Bank reckons it costs nearly £200,000 more to remain a tenant for life than it does to become a homeowner. Worse still, interest ... Read Post


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