Will Zillow's home-buying calculator add up?
Online real estate company launches new portal for first-time buyers, but better user experience isn't likely to solve the bigger issue - affordability
New York
THE real estate industry has spent the better part of the last decade worrying about the buying habits of millennials. Their preference for big cities, tendency to marry later, and bulging student debt are sometimes blamed for the generation's slow entry into the housing market.
Now that millennials have gained a toehold in the US housing market, Zillow Group Inc has come up with a new way to sell them homes - a little help with the math.
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