Who can afford to buy a home these days?
Who can afford to buy a home these days?  
Podcast: Marketplace
Published On: Sat Mar 02 2024
Description: The monthly mortgage payment on a typical U.S. home has nearly doubled since 2020, a Zillow report found. With mortgage rates hovering around 7%, that isn’t likely to improve much in the near future. Plus: Bitcoin investors finally see a thaw, new guidelines encourage the federal government to hire military spouses and a Chinese coffee chain’s apparent recovery from an earnings report scandal.