{"id":12,"date":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/lilybayatrealtor-com\/2026\/09\/18\/5-hidden-costs-first-time-buyers-forget\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T17:00:00","slug":"5-hidden-costs-first-time-buyers-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/18\/5-hidden-costs-first-time-buyers-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Hidden Costs First-Time Buyers Forget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"roomvu-news-container\">\n<p>One detail I always highlight for first-time homebuyers is the importance of preparing for those hidden costs that come up before you ever get the keys. Beyond your down payment, closing costs\u2014like lender fees, escrow, title services, recording charges, and prepaid taxes or insurance\u2014can add up quickly, often totaling 2\u20135% of your purchase price. After more than a decade helping clients navigate every corner of the Los Angeles real estate market, I\u2019ve seen how these overlooked expenses can catch buyers off guard. It\u2019s all about being informed and budgeting wisely from the very start so your path to homeownership is as smooth as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a class=\"roomvu-news-continue\" href=\"\"><\/p>\n<div>Continue to full article<\/div>\n<p>\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One detail I always highlight for first-time homebuyers is the importance of preparing for those hidden costs that come up before you ever get the keys. Beyond your down payment, closing costs\u2014like lender fees, escrow, title services, recording charges, and prepaid taxes or insurance\u2014can add up quickly, often totaling 2\u20135% of your purchase price. After [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":31,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lilybayatrealtor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}