down payment assistance: Buying Into Baltimore Winter Trolley Tour
- 01/24/24 09:17 PM
Buying Into Baltimore Winter Trolley Tour
Are you thinking about buying a home in Baltimore City, but you aren't sure where to start? This is the event for you. The Live Baltimore Winter 2024 Trolley Tour is coming up on February 3 from 8 am to 1 pm. The event is held at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute on the corner of Coldspring Lane and Falls Road.
You'll explore a dozen neighborhoods in Central Baltimore City.
You can attend expert-led workshops on the home-buying process AND you can become eligible for $5000 toward your next home purchase!
But, you need to register ahead of time!! For more … (5 comments)
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down payment assistance: Buying a Home in Baltimore City - Live Near Your Work
- 11/23/22 11:44 AM
Buying a Home in Baltimore City
Live Near Your Work
There are about 225 distinct neighborhoods in Baltimore City, offering something for every buyer. In addition, the city of Baltimore offers some great incentives for buyers to purchase here. If you have been having a hard time saving for your new home, you may want to consider Baltimore where you can purchase a home for as little as $1000 of your own money.
You will need at least a 640 credit score in order to qualify for a loan and you will need to complete a HUD-accredited Home Buyer Education program too.
If you work … (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: Qualify for $5000 Towards Your Home Purchase
- 09/20/22 08:34 PM
Qualify for $5000 Towards Your Home Purchase
Live Baltimore's Fall 2022 Trolley Tour is almost here!! On October 1 you will have a chance to apply for $5000 in down payment and closing cost assistance. To qualify, you will have to attend the Trolley Tour event on October 1 at The University of Maryland, Baltimore from 8:30 am to 1 pm. You'll have the opportunity to tour neighborhoods in Southwest Baltimore City (Sowebo) and learn everything there is to know about the home-buying process. Up to 20 attendees will be chosen to receive a $5000 grant. Register for the Fall 2022 Trolley … (3 comments)
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down payment assistance: Just Sold - 1400 Redfern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
- 08/14/19 06:39 PM
Just Sold
1400 Redfern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21211
We all know what a challenge it is to find an affordably priced home in good condition for that first time home buyer. Sometimes, the only home available is a bank foreclosure. Then you end up in a multiple offer situation and your offer needs to be competitive in order to win the day.
My buyer was buying his first house and he really wanted to live in the Hampden or Medfield neighborhoods in Baltimore. The inventory there is low to begin with and when your maximum purchase price is below $200,000 it is a challenge.
When … (5 comments)
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down payment assistance: Getting Help To Buy Your First Home in Baltimore
- 06/13/19 09:07 PM
Getting Help to Buy Your First Home in Baltimore
For many families in Baltimore buying a home may seem like a pipe dream. The high cost of renting, lower incomes, family responsibilities, student loan repayments all seem to get in the way of achieving your dream.
Did you know there are many grant and down payment assistance programs available to help you with the down payment?
I got a contract accepted yesterday on a nice home in the Hampden area priced at $190,000. My buyer's monthly mortgage payment is going to be in the region of $1,000 a month. He could qualify for a number … (0 comments)
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down payment assistance: Tight Labor Market Going Into the Holiday Season
- 10/03/18 10:44 AM
Tight Labor Market Going into the Holiday Season
Rising Wages and Buying a Home
I was reading about the labor market this morning. The unemployment rate is the lowest it's been in many years and employers are having a hard time filling vacant positions.
Amazon announced yesterday that it is raising it's minimum wage to $15 an hour. What is that going to do to their bottom line and the price of merchandise? Are other similar employers, (like Walmart, Sam's Club, Target etc) going to keep pace?
In an article on Monster.com this morning many companies are having a hard time filling seasonal vacancies and … (2 comments)
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down payment assistance: Help is Available to Get You Into a New Home
- 09/28/18 08:50 AM
Help is Available to Get You Into a New Home
There are still some great programs from the State of Maryland to help you get into a new home.
The Maryland Mortgage Program (MMP) has 3 popular scenarios to help with rate reductions, and down payment assistance or grants.
The Advantage 1 Rate Assist program does not offer any down payment assistance but does help with reduced interest rates.
Advantage 2 Loan Assist offers a 3% no interest loan that has to be repaid when the home owner refinances or sells the home. This is one of the most popular programs.
And, Advantage 3 Grant Assist is a 4% … (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: You Don’t Need 20% to Put Down to Buy a House
- 04/07/17 10:51 AM
You Don’t Need 20% to Put Down to Buy a House
If you were going to rent an apartment or a townhouse you would need at least first and last month’s rent in order to move in.
The reality of home ownership is that it is possible to buy a home for as little as $1000 of your own money and have 2 month’s mortgage payments in the bank.
There are a number of down payment assistance programs, both in the form of grants and no interest no payment loans that will help you with the down payment. With an experienced real … (4 comments)
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down payment assistance: Welcome Two New Members to Activerain
- 02/20/17 08:03 PM
Welcome Two New Members to Activerain
Last week I had the pleasure of visiting the Equity Prime Mortgage office in Baltimore. Equity Prime Mortgage is a Live Baltimore preferred lender and they participate in many of the Maryland Mortgage Program down payment assistance programs that help prospective buyers purchase homes in Baltimore City for little or no money down.
I met with three of their loan officers, none of whom were members of Activerain. Now Aimee Dixon and Brian Mansfield are both members here. So, please give them a shout out and welcome them to the best real estate networking platform around, … (3 comments)
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down payment assistance: Grant Assist - Maryland Mortgage Program
- 02/17/17 02:53 PM
Grant Assist - Maryland Mortgage Program
Home Buyer Grants to Help You With Your Down Payment
Are you thinking about buying a home and don't know where to start? Don't know where you'll ever save enough money for your down payment? Don't know how you will ever save enough for your closing costs?
The Maryland Mortgage Program can help you with that. The Maryland Mortgage Grant Assist Program helps eligible homebuyers who use the Maryland Mortgage Program to purchase their home a grant valued at 4% of the first mortgage which is applied to closing costs. This grant does not need to be repaid, … (0 comments)
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down payment assistance: I am Passionate about Home Ownership
- 12/31/16 02:40 PM
I am Passionate About Home Ownership
What are you passionate about?
I believe that everyone should have the ability to own a home regardless of where they enter the marketplace.
Homeownership stabilizes neighborhoods, family units and the economy. For every home sold 2 jobs are created. When jobs are created more money comes into the economy when there is more money in the economy communities benefit. When children are raised in families who own their own homes statistics say they do better in school so the education system also benefits and when education benefits we all benefit.
Baltimore City provides many … (2 comments)
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down payment assistance: City Living Starts Here - Home Buying Incentives
- 11/11/16 12:51 PM
City Living Starts Here
Home Buying Incentives
Live Baltimore is a non profit promoting the benefits of living in Baltimore City. I have been affiliated with this great organization since it's inception and am passionate about the City of Baltimore. Baltimore has over 225 distinct communities, all with their own personality and demographics and each uniquely different. There really is something for everyone.
On November 19, 2016 Live Baltimore is hosting another City Living Starts here event in Greektown.
The event is held at the Greektown Square and Event Center located at 700 S. Quail Street, Baltimore, MD 21224. The doors open at … (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: Where's The Money? Grant Programs to Buy A Home
- 03/23/16 03:24 AM
Where's the Money?
Grant Programs to Buy a Home in Baltimore City
Michael Guye, Director of Homeownership at Baltimore Housing presents this great workshop . Learn about the many grants and low and no interest loans available to help first-time homebuyers at the settlement table. Learn about the $10,000 Vacants to Value Booster Grantas well as other incentives available to homebuyers.
Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 6:30-7:30 pm
Rita Church Recreation Center, 2801 Harford Road, Baltimore, MD 21218
before 6pm park on Sinclair Lane, after 6pm park on St. Lo Drive
… (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: City Living Starts Here - November 14, 2015 Station North
- 11/12/15 09:56 AM
City Living Starts Here
Station North
November 14, 2015
City Living Starts Here is an opportunity for a $5000 incentive to assist with the purchase of a home anywhere in the city of Baltimore. To qualify for this grant, you must participate in the City Living Starts Here Tour and have completed a Home Buyer Education class with a certified counseling agency prior to the contract being accepted. Live Baltimore hosts 4 of these events each year and there are 10 incentives available at each event.
The November 14, 2015 event will be in Station North at The Pen & Quill located at 1707 N. … (2 comments)
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down payment assistance: Buying Into Baltimore
- 05/02/15 04:47 AM
Buying into Baltimore
Twice a year the folks at Live Baltimore sponsor a home buying fair for would be home buyers and anyone interested in finding out more about the over 200 neighborhoods that make up Baltimore City. If you are not familiar with Baltimore City this is an excellent opportunity for you to learn more about the people and the neighborhoods.
The spring home buying fair is on May 9 and this spring it is being held at Edmondson Westside High School located at 501 N. Athol Ave., Baltimore, MD 21229.
Attendees will be vying for 30 incentive awards of $5,000 to … (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: Team Work Strikes Again - Another Happy Homeowner
- 12/04/14 10:25 AM
Team Work Strikes Again - Another Happy Homeowner
Today we had another very successful settlement.
It's really important to work with a team that understands all the programs in the area and can answer questions that a new home owner might have.
A few months ago I received a referral from a previous client. From our first meeting I was able to determine that Devin was eligible for some down payment assistance programs. I referred him to James Randolph at Primary Residential Mortgage and South East Community Development Corporation to take his home buyer education class online. Jim was … (2 comments)
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down payment assistance: Should You Buy or Rent in the Baltimore Area In 2015
- 09/15/14 11:41 AM
Should You Buy or Rent in the Baltimore Area in 2015?
That is the million dollar question, or at least the thousand dollar question!!
Statistics show that the U.S. economy is improving, and with it, rents are rising across the nation. In many U.S. markets, on a month to month basis, it’s more expensive to rent a home than it is to own one. And, in Baltimore that certainly seems to be the case.
I work with a number of out of state investors who have deep pockets and they have determined that they can make a … (3 comments)
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down payment assistance: Open House in Waverly, Baltimore MD - June 21, 2014 12-3pm 656 E. 37th
- 06/20/14 02:45 AM
Waverly, Baltimore, MD
Open House
June 21, 2014 12pm to 3pm
656 E. 37th St.
Baltimore, MD 21218
$105,000
Come join me tomorrow for this great open house.
This nicely renovated 3 bedroom home is on the corner of East 37th and Frisby in Baltimore's Waverly neighborhood.
It is located close to shopping, and public transportation.
This home features an open floor plan on the main level with hardwood floors, a nice new kitchen with stainless appliances and granite counter tops. There's a pantry too. And, because this is an end of group there is lots of natural sunlight on … (4 comments)
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down payment assistance: First Time Home Buyer Grants and Loans in Maryland
- 06/02/14 09:51 PM
House Keys for Employees is a great loan program. I sold a house last month using this grant and my buyer did not have to bring any money to the table for settlement. Plus, their monthly mortgage payment for their new single family home in Randallstown is less than they were paying for rent on their much smaller apartment.
If you don't know whether or not your employer participates in this program ask me and I'll look it up for you.
But, don't wait too long, our inventory of homes is lower than ever before and there is a lot of … (1 comments)
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down payment assistance: Buying into Baltimore Open House - 3205 Rosekemp Ave, Baltimore, MD
- 09/17/13 06:30 AM
$199,000 , 3 bedrooms, 1 full baths, 1 half baths, 1,600 square feet
… (0 comments)
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Buying Into Baltimore Winter Trolley Tour
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