iaalaughlin t1_iue7zzr wrote on October 30, 2022 at 5:40 PM

Reply to comment by Charlesinrichmond in Rising mortgage rates will exacerbate the housing situation in RVA by BumbleBeeVomit

The root question is do we want to become a nation of renters, or of homeowners?

Charlesinrichmond t1_iuft5ys wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:11 AM

homeowners absolutely.

But US home ownership rate is very good, 65.5% second highest it's been in history.

Doesn't mean we shouldn't stop encouraging it, but we should be realistic about how well we are doing, and what the real issue is, which is a shortage in the places people want to live because of single family zoning. A de facto cap is what created this situation

iaalaughlin t1_iufxzw0 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:48 AM

You are wrong about it being the “second highest in history”

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/RHORUSQ156N

It’s even worse when you look at cities that have a high proportion of landlords that use yieldstar.

Charlesinrichmond t1_iuids2m wrote on October 31, 2022 at 3:46 PM

so the site I googled was wrong, that'll take me to take the first hit. Your data set is obviously better.

That said, by your data, its still really really high, within a percentage point ex the ninja loan debacle

iaalaughlin t1_iuilvgw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:40 PM

The question isn’t a matter of what the nation is doing though.

The question is what is Richmond doing. (Or whatever city you want to do this for.)

Richmond appears to be here: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/HOWNRATEACS051760

Ownership rate is nearly 20 points below national average, and is at ~44%.

That feels troubling, but I’d like more recent data.

So, does Richmond want homeownership for its population or not?