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11 Hidden Costs of Buying a Home Every First-Time Buyer Should Know

What I Wish We’d Done Differently When Buying Our First Home

By Matt Christensen

Closing on a House? These 10 Factors Will Speed — or Slow — The Process

By Lilian Ogbuefi

How to Secure a (Much) Better Rate for Your Next Mortgage

Thinking About Buying a House? Buckle Up.

5 Books Every First Time Home-Buyer Should Read

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7 Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Lender Because mortgage lenders are trying for one thing and one thing only: to get the most money they can for themselves and their employer.

How Much House Can I Afford? Here's What Home Buyers Should Know. Because as much as you want that home, the last thing you want to be is house poor.

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How to Ask Your Parents For Money Without Feeling Like a Child Asking for a loan from your parents is never easy. But it can be made simpler if you follow this advice.

Mortgage Rates Are Nearing an All-Time Low. Is It Time to Refinance My Home? It's definitely a good time to consider it. But here's what you really need to be asking yourself.

4 Common Credit Card Rewards Mistakes Everyone Makes — And How to Avoid Them In this edition of Bank of Dad, our columnist helps you make the most of your credit card rewards before explaining how to buy a home when you're dealing with debt.

This Michigan Home Is an Oasis For Outdoor Families This nearly $4 million home is on the market and all we want to do is imagine ourselves living in it.

How Much Debt Is Too Much to Take on When Buying a Home? In this edition of "Bank of Dad," we answer questions about first-time home buying and the right amount of money to spend on birthday presents.

15 Things Everyone Needs to Know Before Buying a First Home What you need to know to avoid buyer's remorse.

8 Pieces of Financial Advice New Parents Should Follow Taking the right steps now can help eliminate money worries down the road

New Data Shows Why Dads With Happy Families, Jobs, and Homes Still Feel Frustrated There's almost no difference between when millennials want to hit milestones and when their parents did. Economic realities interfere.

Are New Parents Better Off Renting? It’s easy to assume owning a home is better for your family. But the financial benefits aren’t always what they seem.

The 7 Awesome, Terrible, Bizarre Neighbors You Meet in the Suburbs From the Interchangeables to the Humblebrags, here are the new neighbors you'll meet when you move into your first home.

These Are the Best 100 Cities to Raise Kids in the U.S. The definitive ranking maps where in the U.S. is best to for you, and your kids, to call home.

Homes Are Selling at a Crazy Rate According to a new report, homes are being bought at the fastest pace in 30 years. But this doesn't bode well for first-time buyers.

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