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Presidential Address

Homeownership Plans Among Hispanic Renters: Ethnic or Geographic Differences?

Pages 191-209 | Published online: 09 Jun 2015
 

Abstract

From 2000–2005, growth in Hispanic homeownership in the United States outpaced other racial and ethnic groups. This corresponds with data from the Survey of Consumer Finances indicating that Hispanic renters experienced a dramatic upsurge in saving for homeownership—relative to renters of other racial and ethnic backgrounds—during the 1998,2001, and 2004 surveys. This relatively higher propensity to save for homeownership largely disappeared in the 2007 survey. Correspondingly, in the second half of the decade Hispanic homeownership fellfaster than did non-Hispanic homeownership. The “bubble” in Hispanic renter homeownership plans corresponded with relative housing price appreciation trends in states with large Hispanic populations such as California and Florida. This suggests that the move to saving for homeownership among Hispanic households may have been primarily a regional economic trend, rather than an ethnic one.

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Notes on contributors

Russell N. James

Russell N. James III (corresponding author) is Associate Professor in the Department of Personal Financial Planning at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Jorge H. Atiles

Jorge H. Atiles is Professor and Associate Dean for Extension and Engagement in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK.

Cliff A. Robb

Cliff A. Robb is Assistant Professor in the Department of Consumer Sciences at the University of Alabama,Tuscaloosa, AL.

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