【Zillow】Q1 2019 U.S. Homeownership Rate: Anemic Growth Among Younger Buyers

• The Q1 2019 U.S. homeownership rate was 64.2%, down slightly from 64.8% in Q4 2018 and virtually unchanged from Q1 2018, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
• The homeownership rate among those under the age of 35 dropped 1.1 percentage points during the first quarter to 35.4%, reversing most of the gains of the past year and putting homeownership rate for this group more or less flat from a year ago.
• The only region that saw an uptick in the homeownership rate was the South, where it climbed to 66.2%.
• The rental vacancy rate of 7% was virtually unchanged from the rate in the Q1 2018, but 0.4 percentage points higher than the Q4 2018 rate of 6.6%.

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