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Why Millennials Want To Crowdfund Their Mortgage Down Payments

PYMNTS

In high demand metro markets, where home prices can average at or about $500,000, saving up for a down payment – even a 3.5 Zillow estimates that at today’s rates, it would take someone renting a home in the Seattle metro area nearly three years to save a 3.5 And inelasticity breeds expense.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Bank of Montana. Tom Swenson, CEO and chairman of the board, Bank of Montana. Bank of Montana. 3 MINUTES WITH… Tom Swenson, CEO and chairman of the board Bank of Montana. “We Metro City Bank. Allied First Bank, SB. Neighbors Bank.