How new home equity sharing platforms can help with down payments

Those who need help coming up with a down payment on a home are in luck: Several new platforms now offer home buyers funds in exchange for a stake in the home’s future equity. This is especially exciting news for those whose biggest barrier to homeownership is the hefty down payment required — particularly when they are burdened by student debt payments, high health care costs and oppressive rent payments, all of which make saving seem impossible.

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