Don’t you find it remarkable that the U.S. is 40 countries below #1 Romania 96% and Cuba 90% in worldwide homeownership? We are in a tighten market along with Germany and  Hong Kong, China. Where’d you say the democracy went?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate
List of countries by home ownership rate
This is a list of countries by home ownership rate, the ratio of owner-occupied units to total residential units in a specified area.[1]

Rank Country Home ownership
rate(%) Date of
Information
1 Romania 96.1 2014[2]
2 Cuba 90.0 2014[3]
3 Lithuania 89.9 2014[2]
4 Slovakia 90.3 2014[2]
5 Singapore 90.3 2014[4]
6 Hungary 88.2 2014[2]
7 Croatia 89.7 2014[2]
8 India 86.6 2011[5]
9 Bulgaria 84.3 2014[2]
10 Russia 84.0 2012[6]
11 Poland 83.5 2014[2]
12 Norway 84.4 2014[2]
13 Latvia 80.9 2014[2]
14 Estonia 81.5 2014[2]
15 Malta 80.0 2014[2]
16 Czech Republic 78.9 2014[2]
17 Mexico 80.0 2009[7]
17 Thailand 80.0 2002[8]
18 Spain 78.8 2014[2]
19 Iceland 78.2 2014[2]
20 Slovenia 76.7 2014[2]
21 Trinidad & Tobago 76.0 2013[9]
22 Greece 74.0 2014[2]
23 Brazil 74.4 2008[10]
24 Portugal 74.9 2014[2]
25 Cyprus 72.9 2014[2]
26 Finland 73.2 2014[2]
27 Italy 73.1 2014[2]
28 Luxembourg 72.5 2014[2]
29 Belgium 72.0 2014[2]
30 China 70 1990[11]
31 Ireland 68.6 2014[12]
32 Sweden 69.3 2014[2]
33 Canada 67.6 2013[13]
34 Israel 67.3 2014[14]
34 Turkey 67.3 2011[15]
35 Netherlands 67.0 2014[2]
36 Australia 67.0 2011[16]
37 New Zealand 64.8 2013[17]
38 United Kingdom 64.8 2014[2]
39 United States 64.5 2014[18]
40 France 65.0 2014[2]
41 Denmark 63.3 2014[2]
42 Japan 61.6 2008[19]
43 Austria 57.2 2014[2]
44 South Korea 54.2 2010[20]
45 Germany 52.5 2014[2]
46 Hong Kong 51.0 2014[21]
47 Switzerland 44.0 2013[2]