Articles on First Time Homebuying

From Florida's "Home Sweet Home" program to the FHA's down payment assistance program, there's something to help everyone. A list of links, as well as the option of a down payment free mortgage from SCCU.

Quality Home Inspections are essential before buying any home, so you need to examine if your living situation is going to be safe, affordable, reasonable and ok for long periods of time.

I can Get a Mortgage, but what about the Rates? Take a look at some of these options on how to be able to afford your house.

Get a great deal on a great little house - invest in a fixer upper and do the work yourself. Just be careful that the kind of repairs you have to do are the kind of repairs you CAN do, by having a HOME INSPECTION. When you are successful in rehabbing your first purchase, you will make money in the equity on the home and you can rent it out or sell it as your situation demands and the economy suggests.

How much is my house worth? How much did it cost and how much is it worth now? Under Zillow, you can see how rapidly a house has been increasing in value and you can see that home buying is almost always a good investment.

Paying Tax Liens to Get Property. Yes, its as Nutty as It Sounds