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Real Estate

Springboard Releases New Resource Guide in Time For National Homeownership Month

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Essential Steps to Buying and Preserving Homeownership Outlined for Consumers (Riverside, California) Springboard Nonprofit Consumer Credit Management is pleased to announce the release of a new resource guide in time for National Homeownership Month celebrated in June.  The guide, which is free and can be downloaded from the agency’s website, outlines essential steps for prospective homeowners to take in order to achieve their goal of homeownership. “The guide is another resource tool to educate consumers on the process of purchasing a home,” said Melinda Opperman, Springboard’s senior vice president of community outreach and industry relations.  “Homeownership is very rewarding...

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Rialto Makes Foreclosed Homes Great Places to Live

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(RIALTO, California) Real Estate agents and potential homebuyers can learn more about an opportunity to purchase affordable homes by attending a Homebuyers’ Education Fair Wednesday, June 1 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Rialto Senior Center, 1411 S. Riverside Ave. “We will tell them about a program we have to assist buyers in the purchase of foreclosed homes in the City of Rialto,” said John Dutrey, Housing Program Manager for the Rialto Redevelopment Agency. “We will also inform them of other opportunities to purchase homes in Rialto.” The City of Rialto Redevelopment Agency and the Neighborhood Partnership...

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10 Percent Down Payment Assistance Is Here

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10 Percent Down Payment Assistance Is Here

(San Bernardino, Calif.) Families making up to $78,000 for a family of four, and more for larger families, qualify for down payment assistance and a low-interest loan from the City of San Bernardino’s Economic Development Agency. “The best way to get rid of foreclosed homes in San Bernardino is for families to buy them and live in them,” said Emil Marzullo, director of the San Bernardino Economic Development Agency. “ It seems simple, but with home prices down to an average of $105,000 there has never been a better time for families to buy a home.” The Homeowners’ Assistance...

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Home-Buying Programs That Can Help You Find Your Dream Home

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Home-Buying Programs That Can Help You Find Your Dream Home

By Stephanie Martin Velez If you are thinking about purchasing a home or you have been searching high and low to find that perfect home with no success, you might want to read this information. The housing market is getting better and better each month. Thanks to the $8,000 federal tax credit and the extension of the state tax credit of $10,000 to new home buyers. As a matter of fact, a total of 20,476 homes sold in Southern California in March 2010. That was up 33.3 percent from 15,359 in February, and up 5.0 percent from 19,506 in...

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