{"product_id":"2940148258209","title":"DO FIRST TIME HOME BUYERS IN THE U.S. IMPROVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD QUALITY?","description":"This study examines how becoming a home buyer affects the quality of the neighborhood in \u003cbr\u003ewhich lower-income buyers live.  Three questions are addressed: Do lower-income buyers \u003cbr\u003ebuy in higher quality neighborhoods than the ones in which they rented? Are lower-income \u003cbr\u003ebuyers locating in higher quality neighborhoods than a comparison group of continuing \u003cbr\u003erenters?  Are the neighborhoods of new buyers improving or deteriorating relative to those of \u003cbr\u003econtinuing renters? \u003cbr\u003eResults indicate that home buyers located in neighborhoods that were similar in quality to \u003cbr\u003ethose in which they rented.  Continuing renters, however, improved the quality of the \u003cbr\u003eneighborhoods between the first and second surveys, while home owners did not. Finally, \u003cbr\u003ewhile the neighborhoods in which new buyers lived are improving, they are doing so at a \u003cbr\u003eslower rate than both the neighborhoods from which they moved and those of the continuing \u003cbr\u003erenters.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47108666294512,"sku":"2940148258209","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148258209_p0.jpg?v=1763699820","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148258209","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}