First time home buyers

The California Housing Finance Agency helped a record number of low- and moderate-income residents purchase their first homes with help from its down payment assistance program.

Single-family home sales in the Rockford, Ill., region rose by nearly 11% in May thanks to declining mortgage rates and pent-up demand from winter, the Rockford Area Association of Realtors said.

The rate of annual home price appreciation rose again in May, offsetting the affordability gains from declining mortgage rates, according to CoreLogic.

Homebuilders that team with mortgage lenders get higher levels of borrower satisfaction with the finance process, according to a loanDepot study. This comes as more consumers are evaluating financing options first, highlighting an opportunity to reach them earlier on.

Investors last year purchased a record share of Dallas-area homes and these for-profit homebuyers are expected to continue to gobble up thousands of houses in North Texas and nationwide.

A group of Senate Democrats have called on HUD Secretary Ben Carson to reverse his agency’s opinion that borrowers in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program are ineligible for FHA loans.

From Seattle to Pittsburgh, here's a look at the 12 best housing markets for homebuyer purchasing power, characterized by a favorable combination of local wages and lower property values and mortgage rates.

People electing to remain in their primary residence for longer periods took more potential home sales out of the market than lower interest rates and higher income brought in, according to First American.

Sales of previously owned homes rebounded in May to a three-month high as all regions gained amid lower interest rates and a labor market that remains strong.

The pace of sales in the metro Atlanta housing market slowed last month, despite a spring surge in the number of homes listed for sale, according to the Atlanta Realtors Association.