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As rising home prices, slow new home construction, and demographic shifts push homeownership rates to 50-year lows, the U.S. is increasingly a country of renters – and landlords. Last year, 37 percent of homes sold were acquired by buyers who didn't live in them, according to tax-assessment data compiled in a new report published by…