For many first-time buyers, the biggest hurdle to homeownership isn’t the monthly mortgage — it’s coming up with the money needed to close. Down payments and closing costs can add up to thousands of ...

The Hometown Heroes program for first-time buyers in Florida returns on Aug. 18 - just in time for a market stabilization that gives buyers more inventory and more room to negotiate. But that's where ...

By nearly every metric, it’s getting harder to buy a home in the United States. In Tampa Bay, the median home price shot up ...

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Intercontinental Exchange‘s May 2025 Mortgage Monitor Report, released Monday, found that first-time homebuyers accounted for a record share of agency purchase lending (58%) in the first quarter 2025.

A bold and controversial idea is suddenly dominating the national housing conversation: the 50-year mortgage. Some see it as a creative solution to affordability. Others worry it stretches the limits ...

WalletHub and SmartAsset released their rankings of the best U.S. cities for first-time home buyers. Cities in Florida, Texas, Wisconsin and Arizona ranked as some of the best places to buy a first ...

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 ...