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Why Millennials Want To Crowdfund Their Mortgage Down Payments

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When one tries to Google the phrase “millennials and mortgages,” something curious happens. Two different – and in some cases, mutually exclusive sounding – accounts of millennials and their home-buying habits, or lack thereof, emerge. Millennials are shaping the market more than anyone realized.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

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Popular media coverage of millennials often fixates on the industries the generation is allegedly killing and their supposed fiscal irresponsibility. Some industries benefiting from millennials’ increased spending power, such as travel, reflect well-worn Gen Y tropes like the general preference for “experiences” over things.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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Amazon says HQ2 will be a “ full equal ” to HQ1 in Seattle. Proponents note that, between Doña Ana County itself and the nearby El Paso region and Juarez, the region could more than satisfy the eCommerce giant’s stated requirements. The available land also exceeds what the company said it is looking for. Birmingham, Alabama.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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Instead, new millennial-inspired and tech-infused dining trends have been emerging across the US and internationally. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” Brick-and-mortar businesses have been hammered over the past decade — with the exception of one bright spot.

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24 Industries & Technologies That Will Shape The Post-Virus World

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The inaction of individual governments may also present a challenge, because not having detailed response plans in place complicates insurers’ efforts to calculate the costs of providing pandemic insurance in specific regions. The sit-down restaurant industry was already unbundling before the coronavirus outbreak.

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