Housing
Chart of the Week: Who's Buying Homes These Days? - Blog
From WSJ: This chart measures the percentage of home buyers by age from 2006-2018 and demonstrates the seismic impact left by the Great Recession. Questions: Do you hope to own a house someday? When do you hope to be able to buy it? What would be a good headline to summarize the data in the chart? In what year does there appear to be the most dramatic change in the data?
As U.S. homebuilder confidence matches record high, mortgage delinquencies rise | Reuters
U.S. home builder confidence rose for a third straight month in August to match its highest level ever as record-low interest rates spur buyer traffic, data released on Monday showed in the latest indication the housing market is a rare bright spot in the economic crisis...