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Jason Ma

'Oracle of Wall Street' says boomers control the housing market, and their enormous equity will keep them in place — 'There will be no quick fixes'

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Baby boomers now own a majority of U.S. homes and have the financial means to stay where they are, keeping the housing market stuck for the foreseeable future, according to top Wall Street analyst Meredith Whitney.

The CEO of Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, whose prediction of the Great Financial Crisis earned her the moniker “Oracle of Wall Street,” pointed out in a Financial Times op-ed that more than 54% of homes are owned by seniors, up from 44% in 2008.

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