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Home ownership
Mobility remains a challenge for struggling home owners
Feb 28, 2014
This is a good news, bad news story. We'll start with the good news.
Home ownership less affordable for middle-income Americans
Feb 19, 2014
Incomes aren’t going up—but the cost of homeownership is.
Middle class asks: Should we buy our homes?
by
Noel King
Aug 5, 2013
President Obama will give a speech in Phoenix on Tuesday about housing and the middle class.
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Housing recovery: Good for would-be homeowners?
Mar 13, 2013
Commentator Robert Reich says the housing recovery is mostly benefiting investors, not home buyers.
Homeownership sparks economy in many ways
Dec 6, 2012
Home prices are up nationwide. The recent demand has been good for more than just realtors and lenders.
The key to homeownership
May 30, 2012
Taken altogether, housing market indicators suggest the collapse is over.
A home and a margin of safety
Apr 16, 2012
My boyfriend and I both currently work full-time and are in school. He's working toward an associate degree and I'm working on a master's. When we both finish, in the spring of 2014, we'll be qualified for much better-paying jobs. We're also planning on getting married between now and then and starting a family once one or both of us has found new employment. We weren't planning to buy a home any time soon, but I recently inherited $40,000. My question is, how do you know that you're ready to take the plunge? Leah, Ypsilanti, MI