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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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Home prices have risen 423% in 40 years, fueling economic discontent

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 9, 2024
From 1984 to 2023, the median cost of a new home rose from $79,900 to $417,700, more than double the rate of overall price inflation.
This is not the first time America has dealt with rapid, destabilizing price increases, says Thomas Stapleford, economic historian at the University of Notre Dame.
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Next year, this 25-year-old hopes to be a homeowner

by Sofia Terenzio
Dec 15, 2023
A check-in with Utah resident Abigail Gomez, who plans to move out of her parents' home.
Abigail Gomez and her boyfriend, Kaden Cooper, in northern Utah. They hope to own a home together within the next year.
Courtesy Gomez
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Most millennials are homeowners now

by Kai Ryssdal and Sofia Terenzio
Sep 28, 2023
Millennials have faced challenges to homeownership for years. Now, a slim majority of millennials own a home.
As of 2022, the majority of millennials now own homes.
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At $6 trillion, "tappable" home equity reaches new high

by Amy Scott
Sep 26, 2018
So far, homeowners are resisting cashing out.
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The murky origin of the 20 percent down payment

by Stan Alcorn
Oct 22, 2014
How homeowners historically reached the average number.
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Mobility remains a challenge for struggling home owners

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Feb 28, 2014
This is a good news, bad news story. We'll start with the good news.
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Homeownership sparks economy in many ways

by Sally Herships
Dec 6, 2012
Home prices are up nationwide. The recent demand has been good for more than just realtors and lenders.
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Tips on homeowners insurance in severe weather country

by Paddy Hirsch
Sep 5, 2012
If you live in a state that suffers from severe weather, finding good homeowners insurance is getting more difficult as weather patterns grow more extreme. So what do you do if the insurance company drops you?
Claudia and Richard Launey board up their home before Hurricane Isaac, which still bears a marking from Hurricane Katrina, on Aug. 28, 2012 in New Orleans, La.
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U.S. homeowners to get a few new lifelines

by Bob Moon
Mar 6, 2012
President Obama reportedly plans to announce some new help for hurting homeowners. There's word one part of the plan would make it cheaper to refinance mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration.
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