Is it harder for a typical family with just one earner to afford a home today than in the 1990s? I use the fictional example of the Simpsons family to investigate this question. Turns out, it isn't much harder for the Simpsons to afford the median home today than in the 1990s, thanks to rising wages and low interest rates.
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Is it harder to buy a home today than in the past? Many seem to think so. Lately, some people have used the example of the fictional Simpsons family to make this claim. A recent Tweet with around 1…
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