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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 housing sector is coming out of the doldrums. But will it keep improving through 2024?

by Justin Ho
Dec 20, 2023
We jumped into the Marketplace time machine to ask some experts how things look from next December.
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The pandemic has changed the housing market in more ways than one

by Matt Levin
Oct 26, 2021
Pricing may cool down, but the pandemic will likely permanently change the way we buy homes.
A townhouse for sale is seen in Brooklyn, New York in October 2020. Homebuyers may see things like virtual tours and staging long after the pandemic.
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