Some metro homebuyers are trading a longer commute for affordability


Kelly Morgan, 27, grew up in Arizona and took a key piece of advice from her parents with her when she moved to Colorado. They had bought a home in their mid-20s and drilled it into her that she needed to buy a place of her own as soon as she could.“I didn’t think that buying a home was attainable at my age, but I met with a lender and got qualified,” Morgan said. But qualified and realized aren’t the same thing. Denver didn’t have much available in her $300,000 to $400,000 price range. What she did find was either in poor condition or came with high homeowners’ association fees that sapped her buying power.
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