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State plummets to record low homeownership

| 9/24/2018

State plummets to record low homeownership

While Gov. Rick Scott campaigns on the strength of Florida’s economy, there is no mention of a milestone the state just reached — a record-low homeownership rate.The percentage of Florida households owning homes has plunged to the lowest level ever seen, with data going back more than three decades. In the "State of Florida: Long-Range Financial Outlook" document, it says:

Countervailing some of the recent and expected improvements in the existing home market is the fact that the homeownership rate is still below normal. The 2016 percentage of 64.3 was well below the long-term average for Florida. Final data for 2017 shows a further decline to 64.1 percent. This rate is below the lowest homeownership rate previously recorded in Florida (64.4 percent in 1989) during the 34-year history of the series. However, preliminary data for the first half of the 2018 calendar year is showing some improvement.

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