ViewpointsOpinionThe Assumable Mortgage Trend and Other Ideas to Increase Home Ownership in AmericaHow creative financial ideas can jumpstart the U.S. housing market.SavePrintSERSOLL/ShutterstockJames Gorrie6/27/2024|Updated: 6/27/20240:00X 1Commentary What’s going on with the U.S. housing market?Share this articleLeave a commentJames GorrieAuthorJames R. Gorrie is the author of “The China Crisis” (Wiley, 2013) and writes on his blog, TheBananaRepublican.com. He is based in Southern California.Author’s Selected Articles‘Green’ China Runs on Dirty CoalJul 08, 2025Of Humans and Humanoids in ChinaJul 01, 2025Do CCP-Controlled Small Businesses in the US Pose a Strategic Threat?Jun 18, 2025The Rise of Militarism in ChinaJun 09, 2025