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Barack Obama: “First time home buying used to be 30 and now it's 40, it's…”

Featuring: Barack Obama, Democratic | 44th President of the United States | National

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Former President Obama Praises Resistance to Trump

Published | Video Starts at 59:59

They bought a house back when you could buy a house, and they're the ones in charge. And so when suddenly you notice that First time home buying used to be 30 and now it's 40, it's gone up a decade over the last 20 years. 20, 25 years. Oh, that's, that's. We, we need young, younger people to, to be able to see that and act on it in an effective way. (59:59–1:00:11)

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Asserts that the average age for first-time home buying has increased by a decade in the last 20 years.

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