It used to be, you’d get married, then you’d buy a home.

Notice we said, “It used to be.”

Many young lovers are putting off their weddings and taking the plunge into real estate.

“People just want to take advantage of this moment,” says Kimberly Palmer with U.S. News and World Report.

Palmer is speaking of the current period of low housing prices, low mortgage rates, and for many couples, a first-time homebuyer tax credit.

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