The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.”
Buzz: California has the most residents living in a home they own than any other state, but its ownership growth is the 12th-slowest in the nation.
Source: My trusty spreadsheet analyzed recently released 2021 housing data from the American Community Survey by the Census Bureau for the 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Debate: How can more Californians enjoy homeownership?
Glass half-full
I must admit I didn’t know no state has more homeowners than California. Its 7.46 million households living in their own home in 2021 equaled