only 54 percent. In 1975, payments took 21 percent of monthly income; 1980,30 percent. Fewer families could muster the financial resources required to qualify for a mortgage.
Because today's large pool of young adults still needs housing, Browne believes the market will recover as soon as interest rates de- cline. But the boom of the 1970s, she says, is over for good.
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