Who Gets the House

di William Liu (Autore)

William Liu, 2026

In June 2025 the US Census Bureau reported something the country had never recorded before: in eleven states, people aged 65 and older now outnumber children. America's housing stock, like that of every rich country growing old, is now held mostly by owners who are not moving, and the event that eventually moves most of these homes is not a sale. It is death. Who Gets the House is a data-driven account of the biggest, slowest handover in American real estate: the passing of tens of millions of homes from the oldest generation of owners in history to whoever comes next. Drawing on Census figures, Federal Reserve and Freddie Mac research, and housing studies from Tokyo to Madrid, it traces why so many older homeowners are staying put in houses built for families that have long since grown up and moved out, why the empty bedrooms behind them stay empty, and why the ordinary machinery of a home sale, a buyer, a lender, an inspection, a closing, breaks down when a house changes hands through a death instead. This is not a prediction of a housing crash, and it is not an argument that older owners are doing anything wrong. It is a clear-eyed look at what a good handover looks like and what a bad one costs: clouded titles, vacant homes, and family wealth lost to default and neglect. For anyone who owns a home, expects to inherit one, or simply wants to understand where the American housing market is actually headed, this book lays out the evidence plainly and follows it all the way to the question in its title. Someone will get every one of these houses. This book is about who, and how.

• Autore: William Liu
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: William Liu
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798237946598