Some houses have skeletons in their closets. For Jessica Mack, the skeleton was hanging by the front door. A first-time buyer in the Philadelphia area, Ms. Mack, 26 years old, had been browsing property listings for months before finding one in September that looked just right: a cozy Cape Cod, with a nice lawn. “It wasn’t too big, it wasn’t...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 23, 2020 15:50 UTC