Sterling Heights has earned another distinction.

According to a new study by the personal finance website WalletHub it is the Best City in Michigan for first-time home buyers.

Rebecca Kujawa is not surprised.

“I love it here,” she said.

Kujawa and her husband, Samuel, purchased their first home, a three bedroom brick home tucked in a quiet neighborhood off Van Dyke Avenue three years ago, when interest rates were hovering around 3%.

They wanted something between where their families live and their workplaces, she being a teacher at a daycare in Shelby Township and he being a robotics programmer for an automotive company in Auburn Hills.

Samuel also wanted a big yard with lots of privacy.

“He grew up on a farm in Armada. He likes to grow things,” said Kujawa, whose doorwall and kitch

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