Buying a Home in the Pandemic? Family Members Team Up on Bids

Shawn Zangler had often thought about buying a home with her mother. When the pandemic hit, she finally did it. Ms. Zangler, 57, and her mother, Joy Lewis, 76, bought a house together in Surprise, Ariz., last August. Ms. Zangler is paying the mortgage, but Ms. Lewis paid more than half the down payment.