Explosion in Student Debt Drags Down Housing

The cost of attending college in the U.S. has risen about three times as fast as wages since 2001. Soaring education-related debt will become “a significant drag on the housing market” as former students struggle to obtain mortgages at an affordable rate, according to Pierre Lapointe, a strategist at Brockhouse & Cooper.

Bloomberg News  April 17, 2012

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