American's owning their homes

an interesting piece in Forbes compared some statistics over the last 40 years, the most interesting to me was the % of American's owning their own homes. I would have guess that today we are are some himalayan peak but not so . . . .

Home Ownership Percentage

1965 63%
1975 68%
1985 64%
1995 65%
2005 69%

Source: St. Louis Fed

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