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Should you blame boomers for the housing market boom?

Politics: House prices also shot up in the early 2000s when interest rates were much higher.

Brent Edwards Thu, 29 Jul 2021

If some commentators are to be believed, I have made about half a million dollars in the past few years without raising a sweat.

And there it is, in my back pocket, and I am spending it like crazy. I am a baby boomer and I have benefited from the rising value of the home we own. Yet, somehow, I

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Brent Edwards Thu, 29 Jul 2021
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