Down payments

Philadelphia officials have expanded a program that will give first-time homebuyers and other eligible city residents up to $10,000 when they purchase a home in the city.

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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.

Two nonprofits threatened by the effort say the Department of Housing and Urban Development tried to avoid scrutiny last month when it announced the new policy outside the formal rulemaking process.

Millennial homebuyers are increasingly using savings from their primary paychecks to put money down on a home, according to Redfin.

The Trump administration is cracking down on national affordable housing programs because of concern over growing risk to the government's almost $1.3 trillion portfolio of federally insured mortgages.

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.

Mortgage lending standards loosened in March, as a swell in jumbo credit helped drive an expansion in availability for the third straight month, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association.

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.