The U.S. housing market has reached its least affordable point in decades and housing agencies have increasingly rolled out homebuyer assistance programs to tackle this issue. A total of 135 new ...

Down Payment Resource (DPR) today released its Q1 2025 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) report, which saw the number of entities offering homebuyer assistance programs increase by 55 year-over-year.

There are now 2,000 home-buying assistance programs across the U.S.

Down payment assistance can be a grant or a forgivable, deferred, or repayable loan. Sources of down payment assistance can include lenders, government agencies, nonprofits, or employers. To qualify, ...

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