{"id":29,"date":"2026-09-30T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/kimmarinloans-com\/2026\/09\/30\/u-s-homebuyer-aid-hits-a-record-high\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T10:00:00","slug":"u-s-homebuyer-aid-hits-a-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/30\/u-s-homebuyer-aid-hits-a-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S.: Homebuyer Aid Hits a Record High"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/kim-marin\/homebuyer-assistance-grants-remotion-videos-da1f\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>As of current month, the US had 2.7K homeownership assistance programs nationwide, with 2.1K active and funded, giving buyers more usable options.<br \/>\nGrants stood at 234 programs, 9% of tracked options; 62% allowed income limits above $100K, and 291 programs had no income restrictions.<br \/>\nFirst-time buyers could access 1.7K programs, while 35 programs served first-generation buyers. Coverage also reached 962 two- to four-unit options and 1.1K manufactured-home options.<br \/>\nMost programs supported existing homes, and 2.2K also covered new construction. Second mortgages remained the most common structure, totaling 1.5K programs nationwide.<br \/>\nAvailability still varied: 77% were active and funded, while municipalities administered the biggest share. Assistance can reduce cash needed at closing and support rate buydowns.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of current month, the US had 2.7K homeownership assistance programs nationwide, with 2.1K active and funded, giving buyers more usable options. Grants stood at 234 programs, 9% of tracked options; 62% allowed income limits above $100K, and 291 programs had no income restrictions. First-time buyers could access 1.7K programs, while 35 programs served first-generation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":494,"featured_media":30,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/494"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kimmarinloans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}