The Toll at the Door

Word arrived that the toll at the door had grown. Ambrose: $37,000 more to put down than ten years past, by one investor's sums at 20% down. Pim has a toll of two acorns. The Toll Keeper: 39 months of rising prices, and fewer can qualify, the realtors say. Prudence: first-timers were 31 in a hundred of September's buyers.

Before the monthly payment there is the deposit: by one investor's arithmetic, 20% down on the median home is $37,000 more than ten years ago, and the median price, $417,500 in September, has risen for 39 months straight; first-time buyers were 31% of September's sales, cash buyers 27%, and investors and second-home buyers 20%.

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🎙️The NarratorAmbrosePimThe Toll KeeperPrudence