News Releases

- "Upsizers" plan to spend $473,900, while first timers budget average of $312,700

- First timers expect an average $37,500 in financial support from family, while upsizers expect $94,780

- Willingness to enter a bidding war increases significantly from a year ago

- Six-in-ten U.S. parents talk to their child about money; fewer than 40 percent have opened a bank account for them

- One fifth of parents give their child an allowance; most give five or fewer dollars per week

- BMO Harris offers tips to help parents teach financial skills to their kids