First-Time Home Buyers Ready to Move the Market, New Survey Finds One-in-five actively looking to buy, according to TD Bank's First-Time Home Buyer Pulse CHERRY HILL, N.J., July 14, 2015 – In the past many first-time home buyers may have shied away from entering the market due to debt and stagnant wages, new research released by TD Bank, America's Most Convenient Bank®, indicates that nearly one-in-five potential first-time home buyers are actively looking to buy and nearly t

Sales to buyers using Federal Housing Administration loans rose to a two-year high in the second quarter, according to RealtyTrac's June and Midyear 2015 U.S. Home Sales Report. Buyers using FHA loans — which are typically low down payment loans that are used by first time home buyers -- made up 23 percent of all single family home and condo sales with financing in the second quarter of 2015. That's up from 19 percent in the second quarter of 2014 and the highest share since

WASHINGTON, DC – Consumer attitudes about the housing market showed marked improvement last month, strengthening the case for a lift in housing activity this year, according to results from Fannie Mae's May 2015 National Housing Survey™. In line with the positive May jobs report—which showed an acceleration in average hourly earnings—and reflecting recent trends of firming personal income growth, the share of survey respondents reporting a significant increase in their househ