First time home buyers

The documents and other information needed for a loan application.

Lenders and policymakers could further build on a recent surge in Asian-American homeownership if they took three steps, according to the Asian Real Estate Association of America.

A larger share of Midwestern loan officers compared with their counterparts nationwide said working with first-time home buyers was extremely important for their success, the 2019 Top Producers Survey found.

Many young working people can't afford to buy their own homes and are looking for help from their parents, who in turn are getting squeezed financially.

Millennials closed mortgage loans at their fastest pace in four years as lower interest rates pushed up purchasing power and incentivized them to pull the trigger, according to Ellie Mae.

Try to name the California city that recently settled into the Top 10 list of what the National Association of Realtors is calling the "Most Popular Areas for Millennials: Where They Move And Stay."

Military service members are a crucial market segment for lenders because they are younger than other demographics and a steady group of borrowers unfazed by independent economic concerns.

With strong housing demand continuing in Central Texas, new home starts increased almost 7% in the first quarter compared to the first three months of last year, according to new industry data.

A shortage of starter houses is choking home sales in the Twin Cities, making it a less-than-stellar spring for first-time home buyers in the Twin Cities.

Millennials act differently than prior generations, including moving to second-tier markets to buy a home, and that is the opening for community lenders to reach this market.

After a strong February, existing-home sales took a U-turn in March. While buyer conditions heat up and mortgage rates remained low, consumers took a patient approach — especially in the expensive West Coast markets.

Sales of previously owned homes eased more than forecast in March, suggesting the housing market is still finding its footing after a weak 2018.

The spring housing season launched with a bang in central Ohio as the region was named the nation's hottest real estate market by Realtor.com.

Fifty-nine percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 23 want to buy a house in the next five years, and more than half have already started saving for one, according to a survey by Bank of America.

The Hispanic homeownership rate increased for the fourth consecutive year, despite the fact that the demographic remains more exposed to barriers to buying a house than the general population.

Lennar, one of Houston's largest homebuilders, has launched a line of communities that aims to offer new houses in an increasingly rare affordable price segment serving first-time buyers.

With interest rates down, purchase mortgages accounted for the vast majority of millennial homebuyers' loans in February, according to Ellie Mae.

Despite earning less, the share of single female homebuyers who recently made a house purchase doubled that of single men, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Bank of America is setting aim at low- to moderate-income and multicultural homebuyers and communities with the launch of its Neighborhood Solutions affordable homeownership initiative.

The total number of days that elapsed between consumers' initial home tours and their closing dates fell to the lowest level in at least six years this winter, according to Redfin.