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What You Need To Know About Today's Down Payment Programs

Down Payment Programs Explained Tina Marie Miller | Loving Az Homes Wednesday June 22nd, 2024  Buying a home has undoubtedly become more challenging, especially with today’s mortgage rates and home price appreciation. And that may be one of the big reasons you’re eager to look into grants and assistance programs to see if you qualify for anything that can help. But unfortunately, many homebuyers…

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Unlocking Homeownership: A Guide to Government Homebuyer Programs

Purchasing a home is a significant milestone, but for many, the financial hurdles can seem insurmountable. Fortunately, government homebuyer programs are designed to help prospective homeowners overcome these challenges. In this comprehensive guide, we’ll explore various government programs that can assist you in making your dream of owning a home a reality. 1. Federal Housing Administration…

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Still Renting?

If You Can Afford to Rent…Then You Can Probably Afford to Own. The cost of renting in many areas is now greater than the cost to buy. Even with mortgage rates on the rise, it is still more affordable than renting. Some say mortgage loans are impossible to obtain without perfect credit and/or 20% down. Want the truth? Read on, and we’ll cite the three basic factors for qualifying for a home…

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https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-maura-healey-signs-most-ambitious-legislation-to-address-housing-costs-in-state-history

"Governor Maura Healey today signed into law the most ambitious legislation in Massachusetts history to tackle the state’s greatest challenge – housing costs. The Affordable Homes Act and related initiatives will support the production, preservation and rehabilitation of more than 65,000 homes statewide over the next five years. It is the largest housing bond bill ever filed in Massachusetts, at more than triple the spending authorizations of the last housing bill passed in 2018. 

The historic legislation authorizes $5.16 billion in spending over the next five years along with 49 policy initiatives to counter rising housing costs caused by high demand and limited supply. Key spending authorizations and policy changes include allowing accessory dwelling units, an unprecedented investment in modernizing the state’s public housing system, boosts to programs that support first-time homebuyers and homeownership, incentives to build more housing for low to moderate-income residents, support for the conversion of vacant commercial space to housing and support for sustainable and green housing initiatives." /end excerpt

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California Democrats are forging on in transforming the Golden State into an illegal alien sanctuary zone, completely with zero-down mortgages so illegals can buy up all of the state's housing.

Assembly Bill 1840 was passed by the California Senate Appropriations Committee along partisan lines with its five Democrats voting for the change and the remaining two Republicans voting against it. If it makes it all the way through the state legislature, AB 1840 would amend the California Dream for All Shared Appreciation Loan program to include foreigners.

Authored by Assemblyman Joaquin Arambula, a Democrat, AB 1840 would provide down payment assistance for illegal aliens up to 20 percent of a home's purchase price as a down payment for first-time buyers. There are no monthly payments required and no accrued interest as the original loan amount plus 20 percent of any increase in home value is only due when the primary mortgage is refinanced or the house is sold.

This means that illegal alien families will be able to "purchase" homes in California with free money; never have to pay a single monthly payment or interest; and live in the home over a lifetime without having to pay a single penny out of pocket.

"The social and economic benefits of homeownership should be available to everyone," Arambula said. "As such, the California Dream for All Program should be available to all."

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BREAKING: A California State Senate Committee has approved a bill to allow illegal migrants to buy homes with $0 down payments and 0% interest

The bill passed in the House and is expected to be approved by the Senate and signed by Governor Gavin Newsom.

Two million illegals will qualify for the program “The social and economic benefits of homeownership should be available to everyone." - Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula

Specifically, AB 1840, will prevent the state’s Dream for All Shared Appreciation Loans program from denying individuals on the basis of their immigration status. The program will allow applicants to get "loans" of up to 20% of the home’s purchase price — or, about what a typical down payment is — with zero down payment on the state loan required.

There are also no provisions on how the "borrower" can pay back. Meaning they can get the home and live in it for as long as they want without ever paying a dime

I know, I'm still trying to wrap my head around it too.

I guess trying to use logic to understand what CAN'T be logical is pointless.

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Placing homeownership at the heart of the nation's low-income housing policies ceded outsized influence and control to the real estate industry over dwellings intended to serve a disproportionate number of African Americans. The implications of this policy shift were that the steep involvement of the real estate industry would make African Americans vulnerable to the practices of an industry whose wealth was largely generated through racial discrimination. The profitability of the real estate industry was contingent on "best practices" that actively encouraged racial segregation, and the public policies that grew from the partnership between property assessors, brokers, bankers, and federal policymakers reflected the logic of the housing market. Even when the policies were in response to prolonged social protest, as was the case in the 1960s, the outcomes still reflected terms that were favorable to private sector actors. Historically, African Americans had called on the federal government to intervene on their behalf in articulating both rights to and rights from when it came to developing a legal regime in response to unchecked racial discrimination within the private sector. What would it mean for the protection of African Americans from racial discrimination in the private sphere if the state ceded to private entities its responsibility to deliver goods and services, as the homeownership program did?

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership

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As local markets are increasingly influenced by the pressures of a globalized system, building more homes alone is not enough. To protect the right to housing of all Canadians, experts say decision-makers should look beyond market solutions, and expand the supply of co-operative housing.

But in a country where homeownership is king, doing this is a challenge.

“We’ve had constant support and promotion of homeownership as the ideal for decades,” says Ren Thomas, an associate professor of urban planning at Dalhousie University noting that homeownership was presented in the 1930s as a means to stability, community life, and retirement security. “This ideology was created to sell a product, and people still buy into it.”

Why doesn’t Canada build co-ops anymore?

Once the target of generous federal programs, non-equity co-op housing was touted as the “third force in the housing market” in the 1970s. But despite a proven record of long-term sustainability, only 17,000 units have been completed in Canada over the last two decades.

They were part of the postwar boom — between 1964 and 1995, about 10 per cent of all homes built were social housing. Then things started to change.

In the 90s, successive Liberal and Conservative governments built less and less non-market housing, including the Brian Mulroney Conservatives axing its co-operative housing program in its 1992 budget. As a result, the options available to Canadians dwindled, and are now mostly limited to the precariousness of renting or the stability of owning.

Despite this, co-ops have remained popular. Originally envisioned as a more socially diverse alternative to public housing — co-op members are neither homeowners nor tenants, but enjoy the benefits of both.

“Members have a say in how the decisions are made about maintenance and capital repairs, monthly housing charges,” says Courtney Lockhart, a spokesperson for the Canadian Co-op Housing Federation (CHF). “This gives members more control than a tenant would have versus the traditional landlord.”

The collectivist model of co-op housing not only facilitates the provision of perpetually low-cost shelter, it also supports capacity building amongst members, and bolsters social capital. “Co-ops collectively own their housing together, and make decisions democratically,” Lockhart says. “That enables people to take care of each other, rely on each other, and build a sense of community.”

With roughly 91,000 units nationwide, co-op housing currently represents less than one per cent of Canada’s housing stock, and a majority of these units were built between 1973 and 1993.

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The Center Square) - The California Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a bill to allow undocumented immigrants to make use of the state’s zero down, no payment home “loan” program, an expansion the legislature says would create “significant cost pressures.”

“The social and economic benefits of homeownership should be available to everyone. As such, the California Dream for All Program should be available to all,” wrote bill author Assemblymember Joaquin Arambula, D-Fresno. “When undocumented individuals are excluded from such programs, they miss out on a crucial method of securing financial security and personal stability for themselves and their families.”

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The Navajo Nation has received a $55 million grant to help Navajo homeowners with mortgage payments and home repairs.

Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren said as many as 901 homeowners should qualify for the funds.

The money comes from the American Rescue Plan Act, which provides nearly $10 billion to support homeowners throughout the country who face financial hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The program is open to Navajo homeowners of all income levels within the Four Corner states who live on both tribal lands and in urban areas.

The funds must be used within three years.

PHOENIX — Urban Navajos who own homes off the Navajo Nation will soon receive some unexpected help they’ll want but didn’t need to ask for.

On Sept. 11, Navajo Nation President Buu Nygren told 250 Phoenix metro area Navajo homeowners that the Nation received a $55 million federal grant to provide financial assistance to Navajo homeowners under various Homeowner Assistance Fund programs.

This includes mortgage payments and home repair assistance.

As many as 901 Navajo homeowners should qualify for the money for their homes, he said.

“Make sure we tell everybody,” Nygren told an overflow crowd in the shade outside the historic Phoenix Indian School Visitor Center, one of the remaining buildings from the 100-year-old Indian boarding school.

They were outside because a capacity crowd was already indoors awaiting the same announcement, and Nygren wanted to address those in the 105-degree F heat first.

The Homeowner Assistance Fund was authorized through the American Rescue Plan Act to provide $9.9 billion nationwide to support homeowners who face financial hardships associated with COVID-19, the Nygren said yesterday.

The funds were distributed to states, U.S. territories, and tribes. The Navajo Nation was awarded $55,420,097.

Most federally funded programs are restricted to low- and very-low-income households.

This program allows higher-income Navajo homeowners to receive financial relief from the economic effects of COVID-19, as well.

“Tell your relatives,” Nygren said. “Say the $55 million that came from our government was specifically for Navajo people who are homeowners.”

To launch the process, Nygren signed an agreement with Native Community Capital. The group is a Native-led and operated non-profit corporation that was selected as the sub-recipient to administer the Homeowner Assistance Fund Project activities on behalf of the Navajo Nation.

Native Community Capital is certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury as a Native Community Development Financial Institution and is a licensed mortgage lender in Arizona and New Mexico.

The program is designed for both higher-income and medium-income homeowners, Native Community Capital CFO Todd Francis said.

As an example, a family of four in Maricopa County in Arizona earning as much as $132,450 a year may be eligible for the tax-free, non-repayable funds to pay their mortgage or repair their homes, he said.

The program will benefit Navajo relatives and their families who reside in both rural remote locations and those in the urban areas of Phoenix, Albuquerque, Denver, Salt Lake City, surrounding smaller cities and towns, and wherever Navajo homeowners live off-reservation, said NCC CEO Dave Castillo.

A significant lack of investment in tribal communities compared to non-Indian communities has resulted in a critical absence of homeownership on tribal lands, particularly for higher-income Native households, he said.

As a result, Navajos with higher incomes tend to purchase or build homes off the Navajo Nation where they can qualify for loans and mortgages to build equity and wealth.

The Center for Indian Country Development reports that 78% of Native people live outside of tribal trust land in counties surrounding their homelands. It is these families the HAF Project will seek to support, Castillo said.

Nygren said the Navajo HAF Project will provide financial assistance to 901 eligible Navajo homeowners to use for qualified expenses in five activities for the next 36 months.

The program will provide financial assistance to eligible Navajo homeowners in the four-state region of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

Each eligible applicant could receive a maximum amount of $125,000 of combined assistance under various programs.

These include:

Monthly mortgage payment assistance to a maximum assistance level of $72,000 per participant. This is for Navajo homeowners who are delinquent in mortgage payments or at risk of foreclosure due to a loss of household income.

Mortgage reinstatement assistance would give a maximum assistance of $50,000 per participant to those who are in active forbearance, delinquency default status, or are at risk of losing a home.

Mortgage principal reduction assistance that would assist up to $100,000 for those who find the fair market value of their home is now less than the price they paid for it and now may result in a loss when it is sold.

Home repair assistance that would give $100,000 to those who need significant home repairs.

Clear title assistance of up to $30,000 for grant assistance to receive a clear title of their primary residence.

In his 2022 presidential campaign, Nygren committed to helping urban Navajos who have said for years that they felt underserved by the tribal government. He said this grant addresses that.

He said one of his administration’s next goals is to buy or construct a building owned by the Navajo Nation in the metro area to serve urban Navajo Phoenicians.

“Wouldn’t it be nice if we used the entire $55 million this year?” Nygren asked. “I know you committed to live here and to take care of your family. I see a lot of familiar faces and I understand this is where your jobs are. We want you to have access to resources.”

Castillo urged applicants to be sure their applications were complete and submitted early.

“One thing we want to emphasize is to be ready when the information is being requested on the checklist,” he said. “Make sure you have your documents prepared and you get it to our licensed professionals that will be working with you. If you do not, the application will expire in 30 days.”

He said the program has just three years to deploy the $55 million.

“It seems like we could do that quickly but we can only do it quickly if you help us, if you’re ready, and if you submit the information that’s necessary.”

Debbie Nez-Manuel, executive director of the Navajo Nation Division of Human Resources, said visits to other urban areas will be planned, scheduled, and announced by Native Community Capital.

The funds must be used within three years.

So does any of this money go to the Black Indians Tribes? @militantinremission

maybe y'all should start asking for your cut right now cause they got it

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Southern California’s housing shortage and resulting affordability crunch have been decades in the making and impose widespread harms on the region’s residents. Over two-thirds of renter households in Los Angeles County spend at least 30% of their income on rent, and 40% of renters live in overcrowded or poor-quality homes. Over 71,000 Angelenos were experiencing homelessness in 2023. Sharp rises in housing prices and mortgage interest rates make first-time homeownership increasingly difficult. Even long-term homeowners who have seen their net worth rise along with their home values can find themselves in a bind: if they want to downsize in retirement, there are few moderately priced, accessible homes available in their communities.

To help ease the crunch, California state lawmakers have passed more than 100 new laws that affect planning, zoning, permitting processes, and building since 2017. These laws approach the problem from two angles. First, the decades-old Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA) assigns each local government quantitative targets for how many homes the jurisdiction needs to add over the next eight years; recent updates have added teeth to RHNA enforcement. Second, a series of newer state laws aims to legalize specific structure types, such as accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and duplexes, which typically offer lower rents or prices than single-family detached homes. Together, these policies are intended to create more homes, and more diversity of housing options, at a wider range of rents and prices.

In previous research, we have explored how several local governments in Los Angeles County are trying to integrate ADUs into their broader toolkit of affordable housing policies. ADUs offer several advantages over traditional subsidized housing, such as lower per-unit construction costs and a lower profile in low-density residential neighborhoods. These advantages are somewhat offset by a reliance on individual homeowners’ willingness and ability to become developers and landlords—and to comply with the rules accompanying housing subsidies. To date, affordable ADU programs have yielded very few income-restricted homes, especially relative to the scale of need.

In this report, we stepped back to take a broader look at changes in overall housing affordability and production in select jurisdictions in Southern California from 2010 to 2022, examining the overall growth in the number of homes and emerging changes in the types of homes being built. This time frame tracks housing affordability starting in the trough of the Great Recession (2010) and includes the pre-pandemic peak (2019) and the most recent year for which data are available (2022). We examined the relative roles of single-family homes (traditionally the most expensive housing type), large apartment buildings, and in-between structures referred to as middle housing.

Our analysis found that housing prices and rents in Southern California rose faster than household incomes from 2010 to 2022. While the entire region is expensive, relative to the U.S. overall, housing costs varied widely across cities within the region. Single-family detached homes accounted for a substantial share of housing stock in 2019, while newly permitted housing from 2019 to 2022 was more weighted toward multifamily and middle-housing structures. Several cities have been permitting substantial numbers of ADUs, reflecting recent statewide policy changes. Housing production rates also varied widely across cities.

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What to Look for in a Mortgage Consultant in UAE

Introduction to Mortgage Consulting in UAE

Choosing the right mortgage consultant is crucial for securing the best mortgage terms and making informed decisions. This guide provides essential tips on what to look for when selecting a mortgage consultant in the UAE.

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The Role of a Mortgage Consultant

A mortgage consultant plays a vital role in the home buying process, offering services such as:

Financial Assessment: Evaluating your financial situation to determine mortgage eligibility.

Mortgage Options: Identifying and comparing different mortgage products to find the best fit.

Rate Negotiation: Negotiating the best mortgage rates and terms with lenders.

Paperwork Management: Handling all necessary documentation and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Closing Assistance: Assisting with the final steps of the mortgage process and closing the deal.

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Key Qualities to Look for in a Mortgage Consultant

Experience and Expertise: Choose a consultant with extensive experience and a deep understanding of the UAE mortgage market.

Strong Communication Skills: Effective communication is crucial for a smooth mortgage process. Your consultant should keep you informed and answer your questions promptly.

Transparency: Look for transparency in fees and terms. The consultant should provide a clear breakdown of their fees and any potential additional costs.

Good Reputation: Check online reviews and testimonials to gauge the consultant's reputation. Look for patterns in the reviews to identify strengths and weaknesses.

Problem-Solving Skills: A good consultant should be able to navigate challenges and find solutions to any issues that arise during the mortgage process.

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Questions to Ask a Mortgage Consultant

When interviewing potential mortgage consultants, ask the following questions:

What is your experience in the UAE mortgage market? Understanding their level of experience can give you confidence in their ability to handle your case.

What types of loans do you specialize in? Some consultants may have more experience with certain types of loans, such as first-time homebuyer programs or refinancing.

How do you help clients secure the best mortgage rates? This question helps you understand their approach to negotiating with lenders.

What are your fees, and how are they structured? Transparency about fees is crucial to avoid any surprises later on.

Can you provide references from previous clients? References can provide insight into the consultant's reliability and effectiveness.

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Real-Life Success Story

Consider the case of Sarah, a first-time homebuyer in Dubai. Sarah was initially overwhelmed by the various mortgage options and the paperwork involved. She decided to seek the help of a mortgage consultant based on recommendations from friends and online reviews. The consultant assessed Sarah's financial situation, explained the different mortgage products available, and helped her choose the best one for her needs.

Throughout the process, the consultant handled all the paperwork, negotiated with lenders to secure a competitive rate, and kept Sarah informed at every step. This personalized service made a significant difference, reducing Sarah's stress and ensuring a smooth and successful home purchase.

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Conclusion

Choosing the right mortgage consultant in the UAE is crucial for securing the best mortgage terms and making informed decisions. By considering the key qualities outlined in this guide and asking the right questions, you can find a consultant who meets your needs and helps you achieve your homeownership goals. For more resources and expert advice, visit Dubai Real Estate.

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Prime home loan programs, offered by traditional lenders, are Key in realizing the universal dream of homeownership. This blog explores their distinct features and benefits, emphasizing their role in making homeownership accessible to a broad range of borrowers.