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Buying your first home can feel like a huge leap. With rising home prices, a competitive housing market, and the weight of all those extra costs, it's easy to feel overwhelmed. Over half of ...

There were marginal improvements in home affordability in the third quarter of 2025, this data analysis finds.

This week, mortgage rates rose to their highest level since May 2024. The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage went up three basis points to 7.07% in the week ending May 29, according to ...

First-time homebuyers are those who have never owned a home or have not owned a home in the last three years. First-time buyers — especially those with low or moderate incomes — might qualify for a ...

Across North America, housing affordability remains a thorn in the side for young aspiring would-be buyers who have largely been priced out of the market. Several years of interest rate hikes by ...

Buying your first home can be overwhelming, but many cities, including Phoenix, are helping first-time homebuyers purchase ...

While the homeownership dream may seem more out of reach than ever—exacerbated by high mortgage rates (hovering at 6.3% nationally) and high home prices—first-time borrowers are in a unique position ...

What’s a few years here or there?The National Association of Realtors (NAR) grabbed all the headlines when it reported ...

The National Association of Realtors is urging policymakers to take action to address the housing affordability crisis and ...

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