The world we live in today is not quite the world that existed in 1950," he noted. "The nature of households and the rate at which they dissolve and reform, the nature of work and its transient nature across geographies are all things that suggest that maybe, just possibly, a middle-class American shouldn't stake themselves to an illiquid, very large, concentrated, leveraged asset —- that is to say, a house."
Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came To Own Us, thinks America needs to reconsider the American Dream.
"Homeowenership has gone from being pretty much an unmitigated good — something that would provide stability — and instead has thrown a huge cloud of doubt over the value of homeownership for a lot of people."
Alyssa Katz, author of Our Lot: How Real Estate Came To Own Us, thinks America needs to reconsider the American Dream.
"Homeowenership has gone from being pretty much an unmitigated good — something that would provide stability — and instead has thrown a huge cloud of doubt over the value of homeownership for a lot of people."
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