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"Mom, Dad, will you cosign my mortgage, please?"

by Kristin Schwab and Sofia Terenzio
Jun 10, 2024
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.
Many parents are helping their kids buy a home, which makes "it that much harder for other people to break into the housing market when they don't have that help," said Abha Bhattarai at The Washington Post.
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The domino effect on housing

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Mar 24, 2016
High housing prices started on the coast, then spread inward.
San Francisco housing is among the most expensive in the nation. 
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Chief... what? The key exec role at many retailers

by Nova Safo
Sep 23, 2015
A chief merchant helps mold a retailer's brand, with 'some risk-taking involved.'
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Existing home sales on the rise

by Tracey Samuelson
Jun 22, 2015
More first-time buyers leaped into the housing market in May, Realtors say.
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Home prices and sales are up, but who's buying?

by Sabri Ben-Achour
May 26, 2015
Young buyers boost the market and economy, but not to pre-recession levels.
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