Special Reports
Assets and Opportunity Special Reports are an occasional series that provide supplemental analysis of key Scorecard concepts and findings, such as foreclosure and its impact on net worth, wealth inequality, child asset poverty and education attainment disparity.
Net Worth, Wealth Inequality and Homeownership during the Bubble Years (September 2008)
This report examines changes in net worth and the role that homeownership played in household wealth at the onset of the current credit crisis. It includes analysis of changes in net worth, wealth inequality, home equity and homeownership during the housing bubble years and at the start of the foreclosure crisis. The data in this report tell a story of uneven and inequitable changes in financial security, with low‐ and moderate‐income households being hit the hardest.
As an accompaniment to the report, data is available online on net worth by race and income as well as home equity for each state and the District of Columbia.
