Housing Stats: 30% of Owner-Occupied Homes Are Owned Free And Clear

We have written at length about rent or buy before - we spotted this today:

"Owner-Occupied Homes (Census 2010)
Total 75,986,074
Owned with a mortgage or loan 52,979,430
Owned free and clear 23,006,644

So, in 2010, about 30.3% of owner-occupied homes were owned free and clear. "

Statistics Source: CalculatedRiskBlog