Getting married is exciting, but if you and your partner move often, furnishing a house and stocking up on home essentials before walking down the aisle is impractical.

The following is a guest post from Christina Wood

Getting married is exciting, but if you and your partner move often, furnishin...

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After the "I Dos" are said and thank you notes are written, what comes next?  Buying your first home, of course! Since it is one of the biggest purchases you and your spouse will make, the more you talk about and plan for buying your home, the happier you'll be when crossing that threshold.

Here are my five tips for newlywed couples buying their first home.

1. Assess Your Financial Situation
   Before you even start shopping for a home, it makes sense to first look into your financial situation. Co-mingling may be something new to you but you'll have to sit down with your spouse and make an assessment of your savings and debts. This will help you create a budget and an understanding of how much house you can afford...

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Saving for a down payment is often the biggest hurdle for a first-time homebuyer. Depending on where you live, median income, median rents, and home prices all vary. So, we set out to find out how long it would take to save for a down payment in each state.

Using data from HUD, Census and Apartment List, we determined how long it would take, nationwide, for a first-time buyer to save enough money for a down pay...

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