Baby boomer homeowners are sitting on a ton of equity right now. According to the Federal Reserve, they hold $17.3 trillion in home equity, roughly 50% of the country’s total equity. This is in large part due to so many of them — 83% of homeowners with a fixed-rate mortgage — having let their property build equity over time.
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