Tag Archives: Buying
Talking Points
New home sales have reached an eight-year high, showing that the low mortgage rates combined with a solid job market are improving the economy, according to estimates released jointly by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and...
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Homeownership Rate in the U.S. Tumbles to the Lowest Since 1965
Source: Bloomberg The share of Americans who own their homes was 62.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest since 1965, according to a Census Bureau report just released. As rising prices put buying out of reach for many renters, it was the...
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Student loan debt is hurting the housing market, survey finds
Source: Washington Post Nearly three-quarters of people who are repaying student loans say their debt is hindering them from buying a home. The survey found that many would-be homeowners are increasingly burdened by student debt, according to the...
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How to fund a down payment
Source: Yahoo Finance More than one-third of respondents in Consumer Reports’ national homeownership survey of more than 1,500 millennials said they didn’t own a home because they hadn’t saved enough for a down payment. They might be...
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