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Recent reports saying that borrowers burdened with student loan debt are having a hard time attaining homeownership. Those reports may be exaggerated, however.

Robust rental demand continues to drive the housing expansion. However, the national homeownership rate has been on an unprecedented 10-year downtrend.

The famous movie line, “There’s no place like home,” has a whole new meaning when one looks at the downward homeownership trend these days. Editor's Note: This select print feature originally appeared in the June 2016 issue of MReport magazine.

Zillow's Breakeven Horizon for the first quarter of 2016 was about one year and eight months, approximately three months shorter than it was at the end of 2015. See which cities homebuyers can break even on a home purchase fastest.

As for the growing sentiment in the mortgage industry that millennials are not interested in homeownership, the survey results seem to indicate the contrary.

A recent survey from the National Association of Realtors and SALT found that 71 percent of non-homeowners repaying their student loans on time believe their debt is preventing them from purchasing a home.

A drop in first-time homeownership in the U.S., due to the lack of affordable housing, has given single-family rental (SFR) securitizations a credit positive boost.

New research shows that millennial renters want to purchase a home, but based on current savings rates, they may need to save up for a decade or longer before they are able to come up with a 20 percent down payment.

This complex generation stirs up a lot of talk in the mortgage industry, mostly because they have come to be known as the financially unstable and indecisive, renter generation in the housing market.

The reason many members of the younger generation are slow to become homeowners is not because they don't want to, according to the HUD Secretary.