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

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

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

Sep 23, 2015
A chief merchant helps mold a retailer's brand, with 'some risk-taking involved.'

Existing home sales on the rise

Jun 22, 2015
More first-time buyers leaped into the housing market in May, Realtors say.

Home prices and sales are up, but who's buying?

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