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How community banks can help young homebuyers

Independent Banker

As house prices skyrocket, student loan debt grows and wages stagnate, many Gen Zers and millennials are watching their homebuying dreams move out of reach. Younger millennials and Gen Z buyers—those born after 1980—represent 45% of the total homebuyer market. By Beth Mattson-Teig. So how can community banks help?

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What Is Powering The Emerging Pawnaissance?

PYMNTS

While short-term lending in general has a pretty rough reputation, the pawn loan is the most ill-regarded arena in an already unloved category of consumer lending. The loan amount a borrower can get from a pawnbroker is determined solely by the value of the item itself; as in most forms of short-term lending, there is no credit check.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

————————————————————————— The Alpha Early Adopter Award – Kit Snyder, Scott Sylvester, Lindsay Land and the rest of the team at Consumers Credit Union in Michigan. Might be time to.

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