This week’s MBA Chart of the Week shows that the net wealth of the rich, the top 10% of households, increased by 3.2% between 2016 and 2019, while the net worth of the poor, the bottom 30% of households, decreased by 7.6%.
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RIHA Study: U.S. Household Net Worth Up 17.6% Between 2016-2019
The median net worth of U.S. households increased from $103,000 in 2016 to $127,000 in 2019 – a gain of 17.6% and the highest amount since 2007, according to The Distribution of Wealth in America Since 2016, a new report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.
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RIHA Study: U.S. Household Net Worth Up 17.6% Between 2016-2019
The median net worth of U.S. households increased from $103,000 in 2016 to $127,000 in 2019 – a gain of 17.6% and the highest amount since 2007, according to The Distribution of Wealth in America Since 2016, a new report released Thursday by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.
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Hudson Institute Webinar on RIHA Paper TODAY
The Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., will hold a webinar this Friday, Jan. 8, to discuss a recent Research Institute for Housing America paper on distribution of household wealth since the Great Recession.
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Hudson Institute Webinar on RIHA Paper this Friday
The Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., will hold a webinar this Friday, Jan. 8, to discuss a recent Research Institute for Housing America paper on distribution of household wealth since the Great Recession.
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RIHA Study: Widening Inequality After Great Recession Attributed to Decline in Homeownership, Home Values
Distribution of wealth among U.S. households became increasingly unequal from 2007 through 2016 as a decline in homeownership and home values impacted the wealth of middle-class families, according to a new research report, The Distribution of Wealth Since the Great Recession, released yesterday by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.
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RIHA Study: Widening Inequality After Great Recession Attributed to Decline in Homeownership, Home Values
Distribution of wealth among U.S. households became increasingly unequal from 2007 through 2016 as a decline in homeownership and home values impacted the wealth of middle-class families, according to a new research report, The Distribution of Wealth Since the Great Recession, released yesterday by the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Research Institute for Housing America.