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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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As book bans sweep the country, an adaptation for young readers pushes back

by Kimberly Adams and Sarah Leeson
Mar 6, 2023
Heather McGhee's new version of "The Sum of Us" urges transcending racial barriers and creating "common solutions to our common problems."
Author Heather McGhee greets a young girl as she buys books for her middle school teachers at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. McGhee adapted her book "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together" for a young audience.
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Study finds that 8 in 10 young adults move back close to their hometowns – or never left

by Kristin Schwab
Aug 2, 2022
The review of census data finds that at age 26, most people live within 100 miles of where they grew up. Part of the reason? Money.
The growing cost of childcare is among the reasons younger people aren't moving too far away from their hometowns.
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Share of young adults living with parents below 50% again, but still elevated

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Oct 8, 2021
The rate has been rising steadily since the 1960s.
More young adults are living at home.
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A new older generation may attract more ad dollars

by Scott Tong
Aug 14, 2015
Senior citizens aren't acting like old people, and some advertisers are noticing.
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If you look hard, housing data offers good news

by Scott Tong
Jul 17, 2015
Numbers suggest recovery is gaining steam; banks may hold key to the next level.
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The good and bad of rising consumer debt

by Adriene Hill
Feb 19, 2014
Consumer debt is up, particularly among young adults. Is this a good sign?
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More young adults strike out on their own

by Marketplace Contributor
Sep 20, 2012
Kids who moved back in with Mom and Dad now finally have the means to leave home, says newly-released Census data.
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