The Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati (FHLB) and Homeport, a Columbus, Ohio-based nonprofit housing development, are launching the Rise Up program for qualifying homeowners in Ohio’s Franklin County. According to the organizations, the Rise Up program is funded by...
First-time buyers made up half of all homebuyers in 2023, according to the latest Consumer Housing Trends Report published by Zillow (NASDAQ:Z, ZG). Last year’s figure represented the highest share in the report’s six-year history and is up from a low of 37% in...
The California Dream for All program, a loan application for first-time home buyers, will allocate $250 million its second annual round beginning on April 3. According to a KQED report, last year’s inaugural cohort allocated roughly $300 million of funding within 11...
Stairs Financial, a start-up mortgage marketplace platform aimed at first-time buyers, has launched with a $3.5 million funding round. Stairs Financial was founded by Malcolm-Wiley Floyd and Scott Fritz, who met as roommates at Harvard. The platform is designed to...
Today’s brides and grooms are less interested in receiving material goods as wedding gifts and would be more receptive to “home funds” to be used for the purchase of their first house. According to a new analysis conducted by Zillow Home Loans and The Knot, the share...
Pending Home Sales Slide to Nearly Three-Year Low as Buyers Pull Back
