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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by elliottkember on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @04:58PM (#17761837)
"home ownership"

Does this take mortgages into consideration?

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Re:Americans Own Less Stuff, and That’s Reason to Be Nervous by emodendroket on Tuesday August 14, 2018 @05:02PM (#17761875)
Yes. The thirty-year fixed-rate mortgage was kind of the cornerstone of the whole system and arose because of government intervention to assure stability
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