Why Buying Your First Home Is Way Harder Now Than in the Swinging '60s (Another Lesson From the School of Rock)

1960s photo of young couple looking at blueprint in living room, smiling.

In 1964, The Beatles released A Hard Day's Night, a soundtrack to a whirlwind year that captured the frenzy of Beatlemania.

Buried among the album's better-known hits is a John Lennon song called "When I Get Home." The song is energetic, upbeat and driven by a simple desire: After a long and exhausting journey, he just wants to get home.