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Getting the Mobile Home You Deserve
(Separate Website)
Advice for Mobile Home buyers.
By: National Consumer Law Center
Ginnie Mae Homeownership Center
(Separate Website)
This web site provides information about (1) mortgages, including mortgate math, (2) choosing a home, real estate agent, and mortgage loan, (3) the process and paperwork involved in getting a mortgage, (4) the process and paperwork involved in closing on a home, and (5) credit counseling.
By: Ginnie Mae
Home Ownership
(Separate Website)
Before you start looking for a home, take a home
buying class offered in your community. Call the
Housing and Urban Development number on
the back of this brochure for classes in your area.
Also, check your credit history so that you can
clear up problems before you apply for a loan.
Even if you do not plan to buy a home right
away, taking a home-buying class will help you
set goals and plan for the future.
By: Appleseed Foundation
Homeownership 101
(Separate Website)
In this section, you will learn some of the basics of buying a home, including choosing the right mortgage.
By: Ginnie Mae
Homes for Sale
(Separate Website)
Several federal agencies have properties to sell. In fact, HUD sells both single family homes and multifamily properties. Check them out - one might be just what you're looking for!
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
How to Buy a Manufactured Home
(Separate Website)
A Consumer's Guide to Today's Manufactured Home
By: Federal Trade Commission
HUD Homes (Answers to Common Questions)
(Separate Website)
This web page explains how to buy a HUD Home and provides links to properties that are available near you for purchase from HUD. When someone with a mortgage insured by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) can't meet their payments, the lender forecloses on the home. HUD pays the lender what is owed and HUD takes ownership of the home. Then HUD sells it at market value as quickly as possible.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD Veteran Resource Center (hudvet): Housing Resources for Veterans
(Separate Website)
Veterans and their families have been at the heart of many of the programs of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) -- even before HUD became a Federal Department. HUD's Office of Community Planning and Development (CPD), in consultation with national veteran service organizations, has established a Veteran Resource Center (HUDVET). CPD's goal is to provide veterans and their family members with information on HUD's community-based programs and services. This web site contains more information about HUDVET and HUD's housing programs.
By: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Liability Insurance
(Separate Website)
The liability portion of your homeowner's policy is designed to cover unintentional injuries on the premises and unintentional damage to other people's property. In other words, injuries caused by your negligence are covered; those you inflict on purpose are not covered.
Here are a few tips on how to cover yourself adequately. Remember, it takes only one person who is seriously injured by your negligence to generate a huge liability award and deplete your financial nest egg, not to mention your psychological well being.
By: American Bar Association
Making the Purchase of a Home
(Separate Website)
What happens when you've found your dream home and qualified for the loan? You will begin what is known as the closing or settlement process. The closing process is the period between the day you receive your loan approval and the day you finalize the purchase of your home. This web site tells you more about the closing process.
By: Ginnie Mae
Protecting Your Home Brochure
(Separate Website)
Information on predatory lending practices. PDF document (may load slowly).
By: South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center
The Nehemiah Program
(Separate Website)
The Nehemiah Program® exists to help people become homeowners. The Nehemiah Program® provides gift funds for down payment and closing costs to qualified buyers using an eligible loan program, such as FHA. Gift funds of 1% to 6% of the contract sales price can be requested, depending on the particular needs of the buyer.
By: The Nehemiah Program
NLIHC Housing Affordability Information Housing affordability based on South Carolina representative districts.
Public Law - Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act
Resident Rights & Responsibilities
(Separate Website)
Contains a list of documents to remind you of the importance [HUD] places on resident rights and responsibilities.
Adobe Acrobat Reader required. (If you are using a screen reader that does not support PDF format, copy the PDF link, and use the Access Adobe online form to convert this file to HMTL text.)
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