Posts Tagged ‘tax credit’

The government has always be the major source of acronyms in use in the country so I thought I would take advantage of several of them all at once. HUD is Housing and Urban Development, the parent agency of FHA (Federal Housing Administration). FAQs are Frequently Asked Questions and FTHB is First Time Home Buyer. Now that you know the terms, would you like to know why you, as a FTHB, should buy a home in the Eugene Springfield Oregon area? This is the first part of a six part series. Read More

One of the great programs that I have had the pleasure of working with is the IDA (Individual Development Account) program. This program can be used to accumulate a down payment to buy a home on a 1 to 3 ratio. For every dollar the participant saves, the IDA program contributes $3. Pretty good ratio, I think. However, today I found out from NEDCO (Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation of Lane and Marion Counties), one of the IDA program organizations, that they are out of money for the program. Read More