10 best housing markets for first-time home buyers
The top ten cities for first-time home buyers were in the south, sunbelt and pacific northwest, according to personnel finance company Wallethub.
Eight of the the top 10 cities for first-time buyers were in Florida and Arizona, with some repeats from
To determine these rankings, personal finance company WalletHub evaluated 300 cities across 22 key metrics, including quality of life metrics like proximity to good schools, driver friendliness, and crime.
“The best cities for first-time home buyers not only are affordable both in terms of buying a house and living there afterward, but they also have a lot of housing choices as well as low crime rates and good schools,” said Chip Lupo, WalletHub analyst.
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For the numbers below, the median home sale prices are from June and the for sale inventories for these cities are from May, with both datasets sourced from Zillow. Population was taken from the U.S. Census Bureau for 2025.
