{"id":33,"date":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/mrkenmortgage-com\/2026\/10\/17\/first-time-homebuyers-could-get-50000-under-new-bill\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T17:00:00","slug":"first-time-homebuyers-could-get-50000-under-new-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/17\/first-time-homebuyers-could-get-50000-under-new-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"First-time homebuyers could get $50,000 under new bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>There\u2019s a new bill on the table that could open doors for first-time homebuyers: up to $50,000 in federal matching funds for your down payment, with a generous 5-to-1 match. The catch? Buyers would need to complete counseling and stick to median-priced homes. As someone who\u2019s spent 30 years guiding borrowers through the mortgage maze\u2014especially those with income that doesn\u2019t fit the standard boxes\u2014I know how much a boost like this could mean. But, as always, there are two sides: some worry this kind of help might push prices up if housing supply doesn\u2019t keep pace. I\u2019ve seen the difference the right program can make, particularly for buyers who don\u2019t have a straightforward path. It\u2019s all about finding solutions that work for real people, not just numbers on paper.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/first-time-homebuyers-could-50-104712827.html\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a new bill on the table that could open doors for first-time homebuyers: up to $50,000 in federal matching funds for your down payment, with a generous 5-to-1 match. The catch? Buyers would need to complete counseling and stick to median-priced homes. As someone who\u2019s spent 30 years guiding borrowers through the mortgage maze\u2014especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":34,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mrkenmortgage.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}