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Should You Rent-to-Own a Home? Blog Image

Should You Rent-to-Own a Home?

If you want to buy a house, but don’t qualify for a mortgage or have money for a down payment, a rent-to-own agreement may be a good option.

What Is the Minimum Credit Score to Buy a House in 2022 Blog Image

What Is the Minimum Credit Score to Buy a House in 2022

The minimum credit score for buying a home in 2022 hasn’t changed, but with interest rates inching up, the impact of a credit score on the cost

Good Neighbor Next Door Program Helps Teachers, Law Enforcement, Firefighters & EMTs Buy Homes Blog Image

Good Neighbor Next Door Program Helps Teachers, Law Enforcement, Firefighters & EMTs Buy Homes

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development instituted the Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) sales program in 2010. The idea remains the same a

How Startup Companies Are Helping Home Buyers Win Bidding Wars Blog Image

How Startup Companies Are Helping Home Buyers Win Bidding Wars

In today’s ultra-competitive housing market, a number of startup companies are addressing new realities in home buying with a strategy based on an

How to Buy a House with Little to No Money Down Blog Image

How to Buy a House with Little to No Money Down

The belief that you need a 20% down payment to secure a mortgage on a home is largely a misconception. At one point it was true, but these days not

What Programs are Available to Help African Americans Become Homeowners Blog Image

What Programs are Available to Help African Americans Become Homeowners

If home is where the heart is, it’s also where wealth building frequently happens in America. That’s not a coincidence. “Homeownership has

Tech Companies Provide Housing Assistance in California and Washington Blog Image

Tech Companies Provide Housing Assistance in California and Washington

What started as a housing squeeze 30 years ago is now a full-blown crisis in Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. The median home price in San

First-Time Homebuyer Trends for 2022 Blog Image

First-Time Homebuyer Trends for 2022

If you turned on the news at any point last year, you’ve heard the housing market was wild in 2021, but what will it bring in 2022? Home prices

How Much Down Payment Do I Need for a House? Blog Image

How Much Down Payment Do I Need for a House?

Owning a home was part of the American dream even before there was an America. It’s true. In the tumultuous years leading to the Revolution, the

Should I Tap My 401(k) to Buy a Home? Blog Image

Should I Tap My 401(k) to Buy a Home?

First-time home buyers are often young and financially stressed, struggling with student loan debts, car payments and the costs of raising young

HUD-Certified Homebuyer Education Course

HomeTrek is an easy-to-use online homebuyer education course. Our course will help you learn budgeting, saving, how to improve your credit, understand home much home you can afford, and much more.