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The top 15 cities in America to buy your first home

Published by Business Insider on Thu, 06 Apr 2017


Buying a home is no easy task. You'll need to save up for a down payment, make sure your credit is in order, meet with mortgage lenders, and spend timeshopping around.But first, you'll want to consider where you're buying. After all, real estate agents don't harp about "location, location, location" for nothing.New data from SmartAsset showsthe best cities for first-time homebuyers ' that is, where homes are affordable and it's easy to get a mortgage' considering seven factors:Mortgage lenders: the number of HUD-approved mortgage lenders in each cityValue per square foot: the average home value per square footLoan funding rate: the number of approved mortgage loans originated in 2015Affordability ratio: the ratio of median household income to median annual housing costs (within the first five years of ownership), including property taxes, closing costs, and homeowners insuranceMarket volatility: the standard deviation of quarterly annual housing price changes from the first quarter of 2011 to the fourth quarter of 2016Negative quarters since 2011: the number of quarters where home prices fell on a year-over-year basis, starting with the first quarter of 2011 and ending with the last quarter of 2016Homeowner stability index: the number of years homeowners stay in their homes and the number of homeowners with negative equitySmartAsset gathered data for US cities with populations over 300,000 for a total of 64 cities and weighted each category equally to determine the final ranking (read the full methodology here).While many cities in the Midwest and South ' including San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, and others in Texas ' proved exceptional for first-time homebuyers, Pittsburgh came out on top.Read on to find out the best15 cities to buy afirst home, plus statisticson mortgages, affordability, and home value.SEE ALSO:7 pieces of homebuying advice you can't afford to ignoreDON'T MISS:You could save $71,000 a year living in a New York suburb instead of the city ' here are 9 other places where suburbia could save you thousands15. Kansas City, MissouriNumber of mortgage lenders:52Loan funding rate:78%Average value per square foot:$85.75Affordability ratio:5.0614. Corpus Christi, TexasNumber of mortgage lenders:27Loan funding rate:66%Average value per square foot:$90.33Affordability ratio:5.3513. Arlington, TexasNumber of mortgage lenders:19Loan funding rate:74%Average value per square foot:$94.17Affordability ratio:4.81See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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