First-time buyers in 2026 are leveraging grants, ARMs, and resource pooling as NAR sees affordability improvements.

“First-time buyers face high home prices, high mortgage interest rates and limited inventory, making them a decade older with ...

Homes remained out of reach for many people of first-time home buyer age in the first quarter of the year. Some or all of the mortgage lenders featured on our site are advertising partners of ...

New data seems to lend support to the idea that the economy is going in opposite directions at the same time, depending on where you sit in it. Wednesday’s K-shape reference is brought to you by the ...

A new program in the East Bay is offering up to $100K in assistance for first-time homebuyers. Low-to-moderate-income households are eligible for AHOP loans. The funding will be distributed on a first ...

Buying a home these days can be tricky with high mortgage interest rates—but these cities could be your best bet Now can be a tough time to buy a home, especially as a first-time buyer, for a few ...

Across the country, investors are shaping local housing trends differently depending on market affordability. In expensive states – like California, Montana and Utah – investors are paying up to 35% ...

For many first-time buyers, starter homes feel like an endangered species. In hundreds of cities nationwide, so-called starter homes now cost $1 million or more.¹ Even in areas where prices are lower, ...

First-time homebuyers fell to a historic low of 21% of all U.S. home purchasers this year, according to NAR’s 2025 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. The share has been cut in half since 2007, as ...