The central element of the American dream is owning a house. Having a roof over your head ... Americans live in rarely have enough room for a big dog — much less a picket fence.

The Chapel Hill, N.C., house is currently listed for $520,000 ... Ridge Parkway and addresses like it along the road to the American dream. “The bar keeps getting higher and higher for what ...

Americans overwhelmingly desire all the traditional trappings of the American dream—owning a home ... job and enjoy the rest ...

My parents are a testament to that: They immigrated here, they had big goals ... wealthy owners of a house with a white picket fence. So, if you ask me what the "American dream" is today, it's ...