Buying your first home is a major milestone. However, it comes with major financial responsibilities, including protecting your home with homeowners insurance. While many first-time buyers focus on ...

Andrea Riquier is a former Staff Writer at Forbes Advisor. She is a New York-based writer covering mortgages and the housing market. She was previously at Dow Jones MarketWatch, on the housing market ...

Buying a home in the fourth quarter of 2024 would have been like finding dirt-cheap eggs — difficult. Though home prices decreased slightly and the number of homes crept up, the market remained ...

Coming up with a down payment on a home – especially if it’s your firs – can feel impossible. But you don’t have to do it by yourself: There are many first-time homebuyer grants that can help. These ...

In 2025, the median down payment for first-time homebuyers was 10% — the highest median since 1989, according to the National ...

A Bronx woman is turning a fixer-upper into a family home with the help of thousands of dollars in assistance. First-time homeowner Keyla Guerrero purchased the co-op just a few months ago. While the ...

Luckily, there are programs, grants and education resources in place to help hopeful buyers achieve homeownership.