A total of 2,746 down payment assistance programs were active nationwide during the second quarter, an increase of 67 programs from the prior quarter. According to data from Down Payment Resource (DPR), grant programs that do not require repayment rose by 6% from the...
The Salt Lake City-headquartered affordable housing program Arrive Home has launched New Foundations DPA, a down payment assistance program designed to accommodate borrowers purchasing manufactured homes. New Foundations DPA provides 3.5% down payment assistance on...
James Fishback, the CEO of the investment firm Azoria who is seeking the Republican nomination to become governor of Florida, has proposed divesting the state’s investment in Israeli government bonds and using the fund to provide down payment assistance to married...
The number of programs offering down payment assistance increased by 43 during the first quarter, a 2% quarterly uptick that brought the total number of available programs to 2,509, according to data from Down Payment Resource (DPR). The nationwide average benefit...
An unlikely speaker at a real estate conference, an unlikely subject for a new museum and unlikely behavior by a mortgage industry CEO. From the wild and wooly world of real estate, here are our Hits and Misses for the Week of March 31-April 4. Miss: A Blunder Down...