First-time buyers are going in one direction, while experienced buyers and sellers with equity are going in another.
Young adults increasingly need help from a parent, or other older adult, to buy their first home. The tough market is removing some of the stigma.
High housing prices started on the coast, then spread inward.
A chief merchant helps mold a retailer's brand, with 'some risk-taking involved.'
More first-time buyers leaped into the housing market in May, Realtors say.
Young buyers boost the market and economy, but not to pre-recession levels.
