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According to one survey, buying a first home is more stressful than certain life events — and brings some unexpected changes.

Knowing where you stand financially and doing your homework in advance can help make home-buying less difficult. Trying to maneuver forces like surging home prices and unpredictable mortgage rates ...

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Tips to keep in mind as a first-time home buyer Buying a home for the first time can be overwhelming. There’s a laundry list of things involved, from assessing finances and securing a mortgage to ...

Jeanette Mack from Navy Federal Credit Union is here with tips on how to prepare for what is many people's first significant purchase, a car. Military Times © 2025 ...

Many current homeowners stayed put, while first-timers braved high rates and home prices Just over three out of five, 60.9%, of mortgage offers went to first-time homebuyers among those using online ...

Meanwhile, people who already own homes are accruing huge amounts of equity, thanks to soaring values and low prepandemic mortgage rates. That allows them to make larger down payments and all-cash ...

After Mary French of Northeast Portland separated from her husband in April, she lived temporarily in a friend’s Airbnb. By July, she decided to find a place of her own, “to settle,” she said. “I didn ...