How many DUers are homeowners vs. renters?

[kwassa]

Poll question: How many DUers are homeowners vs. renters?

Since a noter claimed that less than 15% of DUers owned homes, it made me wonder what the real number might be.

What say you?

[NMDemDist2]

1. i not only 'own' I actually own (no mortgage) n/t

[KansDem]

16. I should "own" my home in 8 years...

About the time my son graduates high school and heads on to college.

But I tell you, it's been like a marathon run: start out strong and refreshed, hit some head winds and potholes over the years, and now panting and wobbling all the way to the finish line...

[babylonsister]

2. Our mortgage owns us still, but we have one. nt

[unpossibles]

3. recent owner of a fixer upper

more fixer than upper though. Rented for 25 years or so though.

[kdmorris]

4. If you mean "own" in the sense that I have a mortgage

Then we own our home.

[maddezmom]

5. Homeowner

but have a mortgage, so really the bank owns about 1/2 of it at this point. :)

[aikoaiko]

6. I own mine and I rent out another.

[Tikki]

10. The same here....

The Tikkis

[Raejeanowl]

21. Me Three

Extra income. And the McMansions with massive mortgages, property taxes and $750 a month in utility bills feel superior. I just shake my head.

[Mojorabbit]

7. Six years to go

after we refied. Bought for 90,000 and added some room and now triple in value even with rates dropping.
I plan to live here till I croak.

[Marrah_G]

8. Technically speaking my parents own mine.

It's mine and my children's home though. They were in a far better financial situation to buy it.

[flvegan]

9. I own (hold title) to my house. It's encumbered by a mortgage, though.

[LynneSin]

11. New homeowner here

:woohoo:

[mike_c]

12. lifelong renter here....

eom

[Stinky The Clown]

13. I own three and rent out two

[Samurai_Writer]

14. I rent, but am about to buy

But it will be a manufactured home, so I will still pay lot rent. Then I plan to buy some land up in the mountains and move the house there for my retirement, as I'm paying cash for the house and will have no house mortgage.

[monmouth]

15. I live in HUD apartment building and was notified a $200/mo. increase

is in the offing....90% of tenants are on SS, little or no savings, that's why they moved here. Many meetings, possible litigation to look forward to. Insurance since the hurricane two years ago..our question, we are not owners, will we share in profits if the building is sold...Blech...

[RebelOne]

17. I own a mobile home, but I do have to pay lot rent.

[Gormy Cuss]

18. Your poll won't reveal any better data than that claim.

That poster actually suggested that 25% of DUers owned homes when one included those with mortgages. The poster may be right about 15% owning their homes outright, but the rate of HO with mortgage here probably is similar to the national average, or perhaps a bit lower because of the high number of younger DUers and people living in high cost urban areas -- I'd guess the rate is about 60%. That would include people who own all ranges of permanent housing from trailers to houseboats to condos to houses.

[Phillycat]

19. I put renter, but that's actually wrong. My husband owns property in France

which, I suppose, sort of belongs partly to me now that we're married. :) We are renting our home here because we're not planning on staying in the country for longer than another year.

[japple]

20. "Other." I have a life estate in my parents' little homeplace.

Both parents are deceased. It's a small house on 10 acres.

[supernova]

22. Own my home outright.

No payments, just taxes and insurance.

[Virginia Dare]

23. Interesting results, I was told that most people here..

are living out of cardboard boxes and posted on DU at the local public libraries...:sarcasm:

[DinahMoeHum]

24. Co-op shareholder here.

n/t

[Kermitt Gribble]

25. Possible lifelong renter here...

until I can afford to buy a sailboat to live on!(Dream,Dream,Dream......)

[devilgrrl]

26. So far that "noter" has been proven wrong.

eom

[onenote]

27. no surprise -- home ownership is over 68 percent in the US

The suggestion that only 15 percent of DUers were home owners reflected that poster's own ignorance and irrelevance more than anything.

[dansolo]

28. Both (not by choice)

I moved for a new job. I have an apartment here, but I haven't been able to sell my home where I used to live.

[hootinholler]

35. Both also not by choice

My ex lives in the house we own jointly and I lease.

-Hoot

[fed-up]

29. own free & clear, recently found out meth lab was on prop-now worthless...:( nt

[guitar man]

30. own-free and clear

It's a junky little house built in 1952 that I am perpetually "remodeling" (I use that term loosley with my carpentry skills), but it and the 2/3 acre it sits on belong to my wife and I. Nobody's going to kick us off of it. :bounce:

[Dorian Gray]

31. I own my own home....

An apartment in Brooklyn.

[Lucinda]

32. Banks still owns ours :) But

I got to design and my fella built it. :thumbsup:

[LSK]

33. yes Im one of those rich bastards living in a 30 year old townhouse

:eyes:

[Catchawave]

34. Good Poll kwssa.....

Me :kick:

[stirlingsliver]

36. I'm Staying With Friends

I'm between jobs, and I'm staying with friends right now.

I don't pay them rent.

I'm not a squatter.

I'm not a renter.

And I don't own a home.

I'll probably never ever own a home.

Thanks, George Bush.

[alarimer]

37. Rent. Always have, probably always will

I am one of those people who will never make enough money to buy. People like me are being priced out of the housing market, at least here by out-of-towners looking for cheap second homes. And they are cheap compared to the places they come from (Austin probably). But they raise property values so much that even people who formerly were able to afford their homes now have to sell. Well, when the next Katrina comes they'll be living in apartments too I guess.

[Mugu]

38. I don't have a mortgage anymore, but the government owns my home.

If you don't believe that the government owns your home as well, then don't pay the rent (property taxes.) Miss a few rent payments and they will send out some armed guys to throw you off the property and then sell it to somebody else. If you forcefully resist they will kill you. If you truly owned the property that couldn't happen.

Regard, Mugu

[NMDemDist2]

49. i don't consider that rent, I consider my taxes as my share of the infrastructure

of my community.

I like my roads being paved, having firemen and police available, drinking water to my faucet, schools for the kids, etc etc etc.

I don't mind paying my share.

[bullwinkle428]

39. I rent at the present time, but had been a homeowner for

about 16 years prior to this last year. It was more of a case of a changing personal situation along with a potentially changing job scenario that made me think that renting was a better option for a period of time. I have the financial resources to buy a place once I feel a bit more settled about things in my life...

[crispini]

40. Own

:kick:

[kwassa]

41. Kick!

see if there are any more votes

[soothsayer]

42. Rent from my GF. She owns several homes, so I guess she makes up for

lowlife me.

[knight_of_the_star]

43. Here's a followup question

Do rented properties burn any differently than owned ones?

[Richard Steele]

44. My Sweetie is the homeowner; my presence is merely tolerated.

So I voted "squatter", just for fun. :)

[CRF450]

45. Well, the poster that made that bet...

Lost severely! What an idiot.

[kimmylavin]

46. "Own"

But we're only two years down on a 30-year fixed, so...

"I owe, I owe,
So off to work we go!" :)

[mikita]

47. own a small cabin in a more remote part of NC

but rent in Asheville 'cuz the level of awareness is more appealing :)

[MoonRiver]

48. My husband and I have owned a home

for the last 24 years. We recently purchased a second vacation house, in addition to our primary residence.