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They tend to be less profitable for lenders, but they can help first-time and low-income home buyers get into the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

"Usually over the holidays, I tend to go days where I just read and that's all I do, it's just something that helps me relax," she added.

From BBC

The fifth-generation farmer still wakes early each morning to tend to roughly 1,000 acres of corn and soybeans and 40 cattle.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The autumn and winter months tend to be the best times to see them as there are longer periods of darkness, but the weather also has to be good."

From BBC

Real estate investors and lenders tend to be wary of putting up quite so much money so early in the process.

From Los Angeles Times