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Historically, buying has been a better investment than renting, but that may no longer be the case—that's one of several takeaways from a new report by U.S. housing researchers.

A recent report from the Urban Institute highlights the lesser-known role that adverse public records may play in holding back a robust economic recovery.

The Urban Institute’s September 2016 Chartbook shows that serious delinquencies and foreclosures continue to decline with the housing recovery, but remain quite high relative to the early 2000s.

The risk of default is greater in some channels than in others.