Student Debt Is a Driver of Low Millennial Homeownership

Between 11 and 35% of the homeownership decline from 2007 to 2015 could have been due to higher student debt loads.

By Jeanna Smialek | January 17, 2019 at 09:00 AM

American homeownership has been on the decline, and Federal Reserve researchers point to the high cost of college as one culprit.

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