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Creative strategies help first-time buyers enter 2026 housing market

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

Prospective homebuyers should check out these 8 cities with budget-friendly incentives

Here are the top eight cities with homebuyer incentives that make it worth it to buy a house there: Jackson, MI, is ...

Real Estate Matters: New Year’s resolutions for homebuyers, part two

Home Buyer Resolution No. 6: Consider seller concessions and builder incentives.
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I got two grants to put $15,000 toward buying my first home. Incentive programs are my favorite hack for homeownership.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Kourtnee Turner, 34, a mortgage professional who purchased her first home in Baltimore after utilizing various homebuying incentives. She moved to ...