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A ticket to the American dream? More Mexican immigrants are buying homes, but U.S. census figures capture only a snippet of the reality.(FEATURE)
"WE ONLY LOOKED AT THE ONE. We looked at it, and we bought it," she says. She doesn't want to talk about it. It's not that she's ashamed, and it's not that she thinks it's too personal--it's that she doesn't have the words. Maricela Aragon has lived in her own home for 20 years, but she does not understand exactly how her home became just that-hers, In 1987, Maricela and her husband moved to Austin, Texas. Through phone books and flyers, the Aragons found a realtor who spoke Spanish. He drove them about 10 miles away from downtown.
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Source: HighBeam Research, A ticket to the American dream? More Mexican immigrants are buying...