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A recent study of foreclosures in 25 Chicago communities finds that there were 6,560 new apartment building foreclosures in 2009, totaling 20,691 apartment units. The report shows that new multifamily building foreclosures outpaced foreclosures of single-family homes and condominiums by a total of…
A public opinion poll commissioned by Fannie Mae and released on April 6 suggests that Americans remain positive about the experience of homeownership and its importance to them and the economy, but are perceptibly more cautious when choosing between renting and owning than they were six years ago…
Results from a Pew Research Center study released in March indicate a sharp increase in multi-generational family households in the United States in recent decades. In 1980, 28 million Americans, or just 12% of the population, lived in multigenerational households. By 2008, that…
The housing market did not begin to work off its inventory of vacant for-rent and for-sale homes in the last quarter of 2009, according the most recent data from the Housing Vacancy Survey, released by the U.S. Census Bureau on February 2.
Overall, 85.5% of all housing units in the country…