Common Questions of First-time Homebuyers Why should I buy, instead of rent? What are HUD homes? Can I become a homebuyer? Contributed by: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Last Reviewed: 07/25/2019 https://www.hud.gov/topics/common_questions Last updated on July 29, 2019. Home Purchase, Improvement and Foreclosure Home Ownership How helpful do you find the information on this page? Not helpful Somewhat helpful Very helpful Save Please tell us why this page wasn't helpful N/A Not related to my issue Not enough information Unclear information Comment About text formats Plain text No HTML tags allowed. Lines and paragraphs break automatically. Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically. Save PDF Table of Contents