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The Truth About Down Payments

🏠 Planning to buy your first home can be daunting, especially with the common belief that a 20% down payment is required, but that's not always the case, Read more...
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Strategic Tips for Buying Your First Home

🏡 Navigating the excitement and challenges of buying your first home involves overcoming today's market hurdles with three key tips to make your dream a reality.
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Why So Many People Fall in Love with Homeownership

🏠 Dive into why becoming a homeowner is such a heartfelt journey and why it's easy to fall in love with owning a home.
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Loan options for first-home buyers

🏦 Have you ever heard the term “Silver Tsunami” and wondered what it's all about? If so, that might be because there’s been lot...

Front Porch The Truth About Down Payments 🏠 Planning to buy your first home can be daunting, especially with the common belief that a 20% down payment is required, but that's not always the case, Read more...

Front Porch Strategic Tips for Buying Your First Home 🏡 Navigating the excitement and challenges of buying your first home involves overcoming today's market hurdles with three key tips to make your dream a reality.

Front Porch Why So Many People Fall in Love with Homeownership 🏠 Dive into why becoming a homeowner is such a heartfelt journey and why it's easy to fall in love with owning a home.

Front Porch Loan options for first-home buyers 🏦 Have you ever heard the term “Silver Tsunami” and wondered what it's all about? If so, that might be because there’s been lot...

Front Porch Will a Silver Tsunami Change the 2024 Housing Market? 👩‍🦳 Have you ever heard the term “Silver Tsunami” and wondered what it's all about? If so, that might be because there’s been lot of talk about it online recently.

Front Porch Experts Project Home Prices Will Increase in 2024 📈 Even though home prices are going up nationally, some people are still worried they might come down. What experts forecast will happen with prices this year

Front Porch Avoid These Common Mistakes After Applying for a Mortgage 🏡 Key things to keep in mind after you apply for your mortgage and before you close. Here’s a list of things to remember when you apply for your home loan.

Front Porch Ways Your Home Equity Can Help You Reach Your Goals 📈 Your home’s equity is the difference between how much your home is worth and how much you owe on your mortgage.”

Front Porch Things To Consider If Your House Didn’t Sell 🏡 If your house didn't sell and your listing has expired, it's completely normal to feel a mix of frustration and disappointment.

Front Porch These Non-Financial Benefits Turn a House into a Happy Home 🏡 There’s no denying the long-term financial benefits of owning a home, but today’s housing market may have you wondering if now’s still the time to buy.

Front Porch Expert Quotes on the 2024 Housing Market Forecast 🏡 If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home soon, you probably want to know what you can expect from the housing market in 2024.

Front Porch Down Payment Assistance Programs Can Help Pave the Way to Homeownership 💰 According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 38% of first-time homebuyers find saving for a down payment the most challenging step.

Front Porch When You Sell Your House, Where Do You Plan To Go? Selling your home? You may also be wondering, once you sell, how does the current supply impact your own move?

Front Porch 2024 Housing Market Forecast [INFOGRAPHIC] Thinking of buying or selling a house and wondering how the new year holds for the housing market? Here's what the experts say.

Front Porch Is Your House the Top Thing on a Buyer’s Wish List this Holiday Season? Are you dreaming of buying your own home and wondering about how you’ll save for a down payment? You're not alone. Some people think about tapping into their 401(k) savings to make it happen.

Front Porch Thinking About Using Your 401(k) To Buy a Home? Are you dreaming of buying your own home and wondering about how you’ll save for a down payment? You're not alone. Some people think about tapping into their 401(k) savings to make it happen.

Front Porch Reasons To Sell Your House Before the New Year As the year winds down, you may have decided it’s time to make a move and put your house on the market. But should you sell now or wait until January? While it may be tempting to hold off until after the holidays, here are three reasons to make your move before the new year.