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Our first house

With all the negative housing news, a glimmer of hope: falling prices mean many people can now afford a new home. We meet a couple moving into their first house this weekend.

New homeowners Judy and Richard Lee at their eighth wedding anniversary. (Judy and Richard Lee)

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