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First-time homebuyers struggle with 7% mortgage rates and high prices · 1 source tracked

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First-time homebuyers are facing significant challenges in the current housing market due to mortgage rates returning to the 7% range and persistently high home prices. Unlike existing homeowners who can leverage lower rates from previous years, new buyers must contend with current, higher rates. Many are also struggling with the substantial down payment required, as they do not have equity from a previous home sale to draw upon. Consequently, a growing number of first-time buyers are relying on financial assistance from family, with a quarter of them using gifts or loans for their down payment. AI

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First-time homebuyers struggle with 7% mortgage rates and high prices · 1 source tracked

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sydney Lake ·

    First-time buyers have ‘no low-rate mortgage to surrender’—and with rates back above 7%, one-quarter are leaning on family for the down payment

    For first-time buyers, saving for a down payment can take years, and a record share are now relying on inheritances.

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