Click button below to connect via phone
voicemail

Hillsborough county first time home buyers programs

by Dan Nappi on February 8, 2008

Share on TwitterSubmit to StumbleUponDigg ThisShare via email

The first time home buyer is back in the game.

With the low interest rates and affordable housing now available in Hillsborough county now is a great opportunity for all the first time home buyers.

Hillsborough County’s First Time Home Buyer Program provides downpayment Assistance, Closing Cost Assistance and Homeownership Education. These funds are provided by Hillsborough County through  (SHIP) Program and through the HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program.

This assistance is provided in the form of a 0% interest, deferred payment loan payment. This  means that there is no interest accrued and no payments are made during the life of the loan. The DPL is a second mortgage with a 30 year term. If ownership is maintained for the full term of the loan, then the second mortgage with Hillsborough County is forgiven and repayment is not necessary.

If you are a first time buyer in Hillsborough county there are some great programs offered by the county to assist in down payment assistance and education on the home buying process. For more information on the Hillsborough county first time home buyer programs contact your favorite Tampa Realtor experts today!



I know many people will visit this site looking for information and may not currently be in the market for a home, I completely understand that and hope you will continue to utilize our site as your local Brandon real estate source.

I love to meet new people via social networking and would like to get to know you, so if you are in the Brandon real estate market looking for a home or not I appreciate every visitor to my site, please feel free to add me to your social network Facebook  Twitter or Google +

Best way to keep up with the latest news is via our Facebook Page

{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

wichita real estate February 4, 2009 at 10:42 am

Sweet deal. What I’d give to get my county thinking that way. A lot of people are looking at the economy negatively right now. I think there are plenty of opportunities for many people to get into great houses with great rates.

Brandon May 2, 2009 at 11:46 am

There just aren’t enough of these programs at the local level, in my opinion. Kudos to Hillsborough County for caring about their local economy. One can only hope there will be an increase in these programs going forward, in the wake of the housing crisis. A little education could go a long way in preventing a recurrence of the mess we are in right now. Nice work. ~Brandon

John Pohly November 13, 2009 at 12:18 pm

I love these 1st-time buyer programs. You have to watch out for the recapture tax if they do not stay in the house for the required amount of years. In my real estate experience the recapture tax is usually minimal and the benefits of this type of incentive almost always out weigh the negative.

Leave a Comment

CommentLuv badge

Previous post:

Next post: