First-Time Homebuyers: Your Guide to Buying a New Home

By Sanda Brown

Aug. 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM CST

Add as a preferred source on Google

Buying your first home is a major investment for your finances and your future. Becoming a homeowner takes a lot of saving and planning to ensure that you make smart choices during the entire homebuying and homebuilding process.

Why it matters: NewHomeSource has all the information you need to know about buying and building your first home, from planning your journey to getting the keys.

Everything You need to Know About Financing Your First Home

A home is often the most expensive purchase a person ever makes, and buying a house can feel very complicated. Helpful information about saving for your first down payment and investing in your dream home:

Everything You Need to Know About Choosing the Right Home and Builder

Some questions you should ask, green flags, and more:

Everything You Need to Know About Building Your New Home

The homebuilding process broken down, so you can get prepared and know what to expect:

Moving Into Your New Home and Settling Into Your New Life

Enjoy the low-maintenance of a new home built exactly how you want with these tips:

First Time Homebuyer Programs Across the Country

NewHomeSource has done the research on first-time homebuyer programs for you. Choose your state and see what programs are available to help you along your new homeownership path. Click on the link below:

First Time Homebuyer Programs

Bottom Line

Homeownership is an important indicator of the financial health of an individual and a community. First time homebuyer programs make getting into your new home a little easier.


Sanda Brown

After graduating in 2016 from The University of Texas with a degree in English, Sanda Brown became a content writer for the BDX with a focus on website copy and content marketing. At the BDX, Sanda helps write and edit articles on NewHomeSource.com, writes website copy for builders, and manages a team of freelancers that work on additional content needs.