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Aging Baby Boomers and their Echo Boomer Children to Impact U.S. Housing Market

Researchers from The Urban Institute, University of Southern California and National Association of Realtors (NAR) recently released their “Demographic Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Housing Markets” report. The report which was submitted to the Bipartisan Policy Center as background for the Housing Commission shows that over the next 20 years, the aging baby boomer generation …

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Home Buying More Affordable Today Than in the Last 20 Years

Buying a home is more affordable today than in the last two decades, this according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index (HOI). NAHB/Wells Fargo HOI data shows that 75.9 percent of all existing and new homes sold in the fourth quarter of last year were affordable to families earning …

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College Loans Hurt Potential First-time Homebuyers

Outstanding student loans in the U.S. are now close to $1 trillion, this  according to the latest report of Bloomberg. “As outstanding student debt approaches $1 trillion, it’s one more reason record-low interest rates aren’t doing more to boost housing,” said Bob Willis of Bloomberg. In a press statement, William E. Brewer, Jr., president of …

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