The second article begins
with «More Americans are
stretching to buy
homes, the latest sign that rising
prices are making homeownership more difficult for a broad swath of potential buyers.»
Families
with children at
home are almost always searching for a single - family house (86 percent versus 81 percent for childless
homes) and are
stretching their budgets to buy bigger
homes than others: They typically buy a median 2,000 - square - foot house
with three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms at a median
price of $ 234,000 — 17 percent more than those without children in their
home.