By Margot Roosevelt/Orange County Register – DailyNews.com – Photo: Josh Barber/Contributing Photographer.
Photo: Angelica Higuera and Jose Higuera pose with their children Kassandra Higuera and Jay Higuera in back of their Yorba Linda home on Monday, December 18, 2017 in Yorba Linda, California.
Real estate professionals call people like the Higueras “Hispennials.” The label, a mash-up of Hispanics and millennials, defines a group of consumers, aged 20 to 36, which the housing industry is eagerly courting. “If you look at the Latino population, their demographic is younger and they are just starting to buy homes,” said Rick Arvielo, CEO of Tustin-based New American Funding, a fast-growing lender with 35 offices in Southern California.
