{"id":339816,"date":"2026-07-14T17:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339816\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T17:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T17:31:16","slug":"tampa-tops-list-of-best-large-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers-wallethub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/339816\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa tops list of best large cities for first-time home buyers: WalletHub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 WalletHub ranked Tampa No. 4 overall for first-time homebuyers and No. 1 among large cities, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-and-worst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers\/5564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to a report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>WalletHub said it ranked 300 cities of varying sizes using three key factors:<\/p>\n<p>AffordabilityReal-Estate marketQuality of life<\/p>\n<p>They then used 22 relevant metrics, each with a corresponding weight, to create the rankings.<\/p>\n<p>Tampa was the second-highest-ranked Florida city, with Palm Bay coming in at No. 1 overall.<\/p>\n<p>Nearby Lakeland ranked No. 21, and Clearwater ranked No. 27, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>St. Petersburg was near the middle of the list at No. 122.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/wallethub.com\/edu\/best-and-worst-cities-for-first-time-home-buyers\/5564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See the full list here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ROBERT.BOYD.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Father searches for answers after son&#8217;s death inside Dick&#8217;s House of Sports<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, 15-year-old Jaden Law was found dead inside a fitting room at the Dick&#8217;s House of Sports at Brandon Exchange following gunshots.<\/p>\n<p>Father searches for answers after son&#8217;s death inside Dick&#8217;s House of Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA, Fla. \u2014 WalletHub ranked Tampa No. 4 overall for first-time homebuyers and No. 1 among large cities,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96546,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7083,7084,7085,7086,7087,276,7088,1338,596,1911,135,137,136],"class_list":["post-339816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-citrus-county","tag-desoto-county","tag-hardee-county","tag-hernando-county","tag-highlands-county","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-manatee-county","tag-pasco-county","tag-pinellas-county","tag-polk-county","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}