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  "path": "/articles/small-investors-rents-up-30-percent-squeezing-first-time-buyers/",
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  "textContent": "Small real estate investors are reshaping the first-time homebuyer pipeline by purchasing and holding more single-family homes, pushing rents higher and making it harder for to save for a down payment.",
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