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First-Time Homebuyers Are Getting Crushed in a Cutthroat U.S. Market

With prices soaring, it’s never been so good to be a homeowner and so hard to become one.

Bloomberg business news — Why First-Time Home Buyers Are Getting Crushed in the Market

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September 29, 2021, 1:00 PM UTC

In the pandemic-fueled housing frenzy, first-time buyers can’t compete.

Take Sarah and Koty Chapman, suburban Nashville restaurant workers in their 20s who started this year full of hope, with a baby on the way and plans for a house of their own.