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Creative strategies help first-time buyers enter 2026 housing market

First-time buyers in 2026 are leveraging grants, ARMs, and resource pooling as NAR sees affordability improvements.
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A First-Time Homebuyer Needs To Make At Least $126,700 To Afford The Median Mortgage Payment

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I got two grants to put $15,000 toward buying my first home. Incentive programs are my favorite hack for homeownership.

Kourtnee Turner bought her first home in Maryland after stacking homebuying incentives offered by the state.Courtesy of Kourtnee Turner Kourtnee Turner used Maryland homebuying incentives to purchase ...
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I got two grants to put $15,000 toward buying my first home. Incentive programs are my favorite hack for homeownership.

This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Kourtnee Turner, 34, a mortgage professional who purchased her first home in Baltimore after utilizing various homebuying incentives. She moved to ...