National Survey of 1,000 Adults
Conducted December 4-5, 2008
By Rasmussen Reports

1* Do you own your own home?

68% Yes
30% No
2% Not sure

2* Compared to what it was worth a year ago, is your home worth more today, worth less today, or about the same?

16% More
46% Less
35% About the same
3% Not sure

3* Looking ahead over the next year, is the value of your home likely to go up, go down, or remain about the same?

17% Go up
24% Go down
52% Remain the same
7% Not sure

4* What about over the next five years? is the value of your home likely to go up, go down, or remain about the same?

59% Go up
10% Go down
21% Remain the same
10% Not sure

5*Is the value of your home worth more than the amount you owe on your mortgage?

61% Yes
26% No
13% Not sure

6* Generally speaking, is this a good time for someone in your area to be selling a house?

11% Yes
77% No
12% Not sure

7* Is buying a home the best investment most families can make?

63% Yes
21% No
16% Not sure

8*Which is more important—making it easier for people to buy their first home? Or keeping the value of existing homes as high as possible?

42% Making it easier for people to buy their first home
41% Keeping the value of existing homes as high as possible
17% Not sure

NOTE: Margin of Sampling Error, +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence