Photography by Heidi?s Bridge

We?re seeking recent, first-time homebuyers across the country Buying a home today can feel impossible. We bet when your friends heard that you managed to buy, they all wondered, ?How did she do that"? We?ll confess, we?ve also wondered how first-time buyers are doing it in today?s world of crushing student loan debt, high real estate prices, and wages that aren?t going up along with them.
That?s why we?re asking for your story. We want to know how you saved for your down payment, how you financed the rest, how you found your dream home (or the one that you could afford right now), and what you plan to do with it. Note: We?re looking for stories from folks who?ve bought homes in the last five years. You can share your story here: http://bit.ly/homebuyingdiaries
We know this stuff is personal, so we?re not asking you to bare it all on the internet. We?ll turn your submissions into an ongoing series that will be published anonymously on Curbed. Our hope is that sharing these stories will demystify how millennials made the leap to homeownership and promote honest conversation about the homebuying process.
If you?re a professional writer with a homebuying story you?d like to report, pitch us!

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