First-time Home Buying 101

For a lot of young adults, the process of first-time home buying can be both fun and stressful. Your home is one of the biggest purchases you'll ever make. It's also complex - with lots of laws, financial terms, and even physical aspects of the house and land you need to consider and understand.

But owning a home is incredibly rewarding. Homeownership is touted as the "American Dream", and a recent survey from Harvard found that 86% of people believed homeownership was better off than renting.