Show building survey reveals american idea of home when you suggest owning a new home to the average american he or she thinks in terms ot of a house costing less than and con templates between 10 and 15 years to pay off the debt these are some of the things thal thai the committee on trends of the unit ed states savings and loan leaga has learned from a question nary on public attitudes surveys were made of the attitudes of people selected at random including 5 per cent factory workers 7 per cent proprietors of businesses 20 per cent housewives 16 per cent professional workers and 12 per cent salesmen and miscellaneously employed others results of the last six ix years emphasis by government agencies on the monthly repayment home mortgage which is a century old heritage from the savings and loan institutions show prominently in the survey nine out of every 10 persons would prefer an amortized mortgage in financing their homes I 1 |