--- title: "KATV Live: A Few Tips for First-Time Home Buyers" description: Looking for a home and a mortgage. Watch this video for some tips and don't forget to download our free ebook. --- [![Bank Of Little Rock Mortgage](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/logo-1.png?width=730&height=217&name=logo-1.png "Bank Of Little Rock Mortgage")](http://www.blrmortgage.com/) # The Mortgage Statement # KATV Live: A Few Tips for First-Time Home Buyers Posted by [Scott McElmurry](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/author/scott-mcelmurry) on Fri, Oct 19, 2012 @ 08:57 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) For those interested in first-time home buying, here are some quick, helpful hints to build your knowledge and confidence as you go through the home buying and loan application process. Early this week, I got the chance to sit down with KATV's Alyson Courtney in front of the camera and share the steps every first-time home buyer should follow: 1. Educate yourself 2. Get your finances in order 3. Establish a budget  4. Start saving 5. Get your documents ready 6. Select a lender 7. Get pre-qualified 8. Select your home/Make an offer 9. Complete your loan application 10. Close on the house and mortgage  We explain all of these steps in greater detail with some extra tips and statistics in our very first ebook you can download for free, ["The Easy Keys to First-Time Home Buying."](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/how-to-buy-a-home-free-ebook/)  And if you are ready to start that mortgage application, [contact a lender today](http://www.blrmortgage.com/contact-us/).   Tags: [How to buy a home](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/how-to-buy-a-home), [first-time home buyer](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/first-time-home-buyer), [choose a mortgage](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/choose-a-mortgage) ### Subscribe Email ### Latest Posts ### Posts by category - [choose a mortgage (10)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/choose-a-mortgage) - [Closing (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/closing) - [credit score (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/credit-score) - [Current mortgage rates (6)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/current-mortgage-rates) - [first-time home buyer (5)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/first-time-home-buyer) - [first-time home buying (6)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/first-time-home-buying) - [Get pre-qualified online (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/get-pre-qualified-online) - [Get preapproved online (2)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/get-preapproved-online) - [Get prequalified online (3)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/get-prequalified-online) - [how do I calculate my credit score (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/how-do-i-calculate-my-credit-score) - [How do I refinance (6)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/how-do-i-refinance) - [How to buy a home (7)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/how-to-buy-a-home) - [mortgage insurance (2)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/mortgage-insurance) - [Mortgage payment (5)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/mortgage-payment) - [mortgage rates (6)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/mortgage-rates) - [preapproval (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/preapproval) - [prequalification (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/prequalification) - [refinance your home (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/refinance-your-home) - [Rent vs. Buy (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/rent-vs-buy) - [what is a credit score (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/what-is-a-credit-score) - [what is exactly is a mortgage refinance (1)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/what-is-exactly-is-a-mortgage-refinance) - [what is involved in buying a home (2)](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/blog/topic/what-is-involved-in-buying-a-home) ### Follow Me © 2015 [Privacy/Legal](https://blrmortgage.hs-sites.com/blog) [Site Map](https://blrmortgage.hs-sites.com/blog)