{"id":10,"date":"2026-09-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/tlcrealtor-org\/2026\/09\/05\/the-best-and-worst-u-s-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-ranked\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T12:00:00","slug":"the-best-and-worst-u-s-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-ranked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/2026\/09\/05\/the-best-and-worst-u-s-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-ranked\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best\u2014And Worst\u2014U.S. Cities for First-Time Home Buyers, Ranked"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>As someone who\u2019s passionate about helping folks find their perfect place, I get excited seeing cities like Palm Bay, FL, and Surprise, AZ shine for first-time homebuyers. With affordability, fresh permits, and lower taxes, it\u2019s no wonder these spots\u2014along with other favorites like Boise, ID and Murfreesboro, TN\u2014are topping the list for those ready to take that big step. On the flip side, West Coast cities and Anchorage, AK are proving a bit tougher on the budget. It\u2019s always rewarding to help clients discover where their homeownership dreams can really take off\u2014especially right here in Arizona, a place I know and love!<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalfloss.com\/geography\/cities\/best-worst-us-cities-first-time-home-buyers-ranked\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As someone who\u2019s passionate about helping folks find their perfect place, I get excited seeing cities like Palm Bay, FL, and Surprise, AZ shine for first-time homebuyers. With affordability, fresh permits, and lower taxes, it\u2019s no wonder these spots\u2014along with other favorites like Boise, ID and Murfreesboro, TN\u2014are topping the list for those ready to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":418,"featured_media":38,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tlcrealtor.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}