The Wall Street Journal looks at the debate around student debt and home ownership, noting that student debt is at historic highs and home ownership among under-35s at historic lows.
This is the most interesting chart from the WSJ article:
From 2004 until about 2009, student loan debt didn't make a big difference one way or the other on your credit report if you were in your late 20s. But since the beginning of the financial crisis there's been a sharp divergence — and it's because scores of those without debt are climbing.
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