Tag: homeownership rate

How to get seniors to spend $12 trillion in home equity. Recently, I read an opinion column arguing that older Americans are hoarding the nation’s wealth and housing stock. To reduce their power, the author suggested things like the reintroduction of mandatory retirement ages or the creation of a progressive tax on homes to encourag…
The release of the Federal Reserve’s 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances offers a chance to catch up on the retirement saving of Millennials – those born during 1981-1999. This group, despite being more educated than earlier cohorts, faced early challenges, as many left school with large student loans and began their careers…