{"id":83,"date":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/?p=83"},"modified":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T12:00:00","slug":"the-best-and-worst-states-for-first-time-home-buyer-assistance-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/20\/the-best-and-worst-states-for-first-time-home-buyer-assistance-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The best and worst states for first-time home buyer assistance in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>First-time homebuyers encounter upfront costs, but state assistance varies. Top states offer generous, often forgivable or deferred loans and grants, while others provide limited, repayable aid or have strict eligibility. Programs differ in loan structure, income limits, and additional benefits like student debt relief or layered funding.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/best-and-worst-states-first-time-home-buyer-assistance\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First-time homebuyers encounter upfront costs, but state assistance varies. Top states offer generous, often forgivable or deferred loans and grants, while others provide limited, repayable aid or have strict eligibility. Programs differ in loan structure, income limits, and additional benefits like student debt relief or layered funding. Continue to full article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/90"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mbcrealtors.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}