{"id":6365,"date":"2014-05-01T14:15:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-01T14:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/?p=6365"},"modified":"2014-05-01T14:15:15","modified_gmt":"2014-05-01T14:15:15","slug":"marriage-delays-behind-falling-home-ownership-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/marriage-delays-behind-falling-home-ownership-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriage Delays Behind Falling Home Ownership Rates"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Marriage Delays Behind Falling Home Ownership Rates<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_6366\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ID-10035717.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6366\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6366\" src=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/ID-10035717.jpg\" alt=\"Marriage Delays Behind Falling Home Ownership Rates.  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Image courtesy of Ambro \/ FreeDigitalPhotos.net<\/p><\/div>\n<p>More Americans are choosing to postpone marriage and families, and that\u2019s one of the main culprits behind the falling home ownership rate, suggests Sam Zell, chairman of landlord Equity Residential, the largest U.S. apartment landlord.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deferral of marriage has such a staggering impact on real estate, and I just don\u2019t think people focus on it,\u201d says Zell. \u201cI don\u2019t think the multifamily market has ever had a better set of future demographics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2010, about 54 percent of adults were married, a drop from 57 percent a decade earlier, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. The median age of marriage has risen to 28.2 for men and 26.1 for women, according to the 2010 data.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Census Bureau reported this week that the home ownership rate dropped to the lowest level in nearly 19 years, falling to 64.8 percent in the first quarter. The previous three months the home ownership rate had stood at 65.2 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The home ownership rate peaked at 69.2 percent in 2004.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-04-28\/zell-says-homeownership-rate-to-fall-as-marriages-delayed.html\" target=\"_blank\">Zell Says Home Ownership Rate to Fall as Marriages Delayed<\/a>,\u201d Bloomberg (April 29, 2014)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marriage Delays Behind Falling Home Ownership Rates More Americans are choosing to postpone marriage and families, and that\u2019s one of the main culprits behind the falling home ownership rate, suggests Sam Zell, chairman of landlord Equity Residential, the largest U.S. apartment landlord. \u201cThe deferral of marriage has such a staggering impact on real estate, and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonydidonato.net\/wordpress\/marriage-delays-behind-falling-home-ownership-rates\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,8],"tags":[5,32,4,9],"class_list":["post-6365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-real-estate-tips","tag-anthony-didonato","tag-news","tag-real-estate","tag-tips","item-wrap"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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