(RECAP: A 13-tale office building is set to be demolished beginning Wednesday to make way for a massive mixed-use project, according to media reports. The building, near the Greensboro Metro station, will make way for The Boro, a 4.2-million-square-foot urban-style development that will include five apartment buildings, three office towers, a hotel, a movie theater, a public library, seven parks and retail space.)

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(RECAP: Not only is student loan debt delaying first-time homebuyers, it is delaying them for a long time. Seventy-one percent of non-homeowners with debts from student loans said the burden of those monthly payments was keeping them from buying a home. More than half said it would likely continue do so for more than five years, according to a new study by the National Association of Realtors and SALT, a consumer literacy program provided by nonprofit American Student Help. Student debt is also keeping 4 in 10 graduates from moving out of a family member’s house. The survey of 3,000 people conducted in April covered only those who are making on-time payments on their student loans.)

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(RECAP: USDA Rural Housing Service Administrator Tony Hernandez today in Rockingham County celebrated affordable rural housing opportunities and National Homeownership Month alongside a local family at its new USDA-financed home. “Our mission at USDA Rural Development is to improve the economy and quality of life for all rural Americans, and honest, adequate housing is the necessary foundation for growth and sustainability that fuels those improvements,” said Hernandez before today’s event. “We are proud of our impact on rural families and communities, and that impact would not be effective without strong relationships with lenders, home builders, Congressional officials and rural residents.”)

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