Yes, you read it correctly. We can get you up to $7,500 to be used for down payment and closing costs on homes with sales prices over $150,000 in Georgia. Under that and you can get up to $5,000. Unlike other down payment programs the buyer does not need to be a first time home buyer. If you search the Georgia Dream lenders on Georgia DCA you will see my team members make up 6 of the top loan officers and 3 of the top 4. We understand Georgia Dream!
As a reward for higher credit scores and to encourage savings, eligible borrowers will:
1) Have a total annual household income that does not exceed the Georgia Dream First Mortgage Loan Financing Limits below
2) May retain cash assets up to the greater of $20,000 or 20% of the purchase price
3) Contribute a minimum of $1,000 of borrower funds to the purchase transaction.
$5,000 if sales price is $150,000 or less
$7,500 if sales price is greater than $150,000
If the home is located in one of the following Georgia counties:
Your total household income based on the number of persons living in the home can be no more than:
One to Two persons $71,000
Three or more persons $82,000
Buyers must have middle credit scores of 660 or higher. Buyers must contribute $1000 of their own funds.
As always don't think just because these few numbers are published here these are all the answers. The very best thing to do is click the "Call Me" button below and the computer will call me and connect me with the phone number you enter. Only a short interview will usually determine if this is the best home mortgage loan for you.
Loan rates are not determined by the lender but are set by Georgia DCA.
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Lenn - that's great news and a dozen sales is nothing to sneeze at! I do have a couple of meetings set up next week to talk with some local Georgia agents about these programs.
This is a program that rocks. I have written about it on my blog a few times... I'd love to help someone with this... and of course, Ken is always 'the man' when it comes to loan programs.
Lenn - sounds like a plan - I'll forward you my bullet point sheet on all the programs available - as soon as I make it presentable. Let me know if you want to co-brand on that page.
Lane - you and I need to do a weekend session on this out your way and my way. I will be offering a 2 hour free CE course on it this fall (hopefully) - we're having to get a new RE school license because of the change of names, location and principles.
Now that the first time home buyer incentive is over, I really need to start pushing this fantastic plan... and I'm going to re-blog if you don't mind, Ken! :-)
Kerry - blog away. I can get you some literature to leave in your listings/hand to your prospects. I'm not in Palermo's building anymore I'm at Windy Hill and Powers Ferry. Tell me where I can find you and I'll hook you up. We really take our time with first timers or people who just don't quite qualify yet - we have this Power4Purchase program that blows me away every time.
Julia - sure does. In fact I would love to come up and do a presentation. Been to Whitfield twice in the last month to do presentations at agencies but would like to do a 3 hour on these programs (some of which are going away soon). Any ideas where to host one? May even be able to get 3 hours of CE to go along with it.
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HA! Seems to me that real estate agents in those market places would be all over this program on their own blogs and web pages.
The Home Loan Bank program is selling about a dozen homes a year for agents in my network and I advertise that thing all over the place.