FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER (FTHB) PROGRAM
Florida Housing’s First Time Homebuyer Program offers low fixed-rate 30-year first mortgage programs for first time homebuyers (some exceptions exist) with qualified income and purchase price limits for the county where they are purchasing a home. There also are down payment assistance programs that can be used with the first mortgage products.
FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAMS offered by Florida Housing are as follows:
· Florida First: This program offers a low 30-year fixed-rate first mortgage to all borrowers who meet program guidelines and qualify for a loan. Borrowers who qualify for this first mortgage product are automatically qualified for one of our down payment assistance programs.
· Florida Advantage: This program is for buyers purchasing in special geographic areas, rural self-help buyers or for households with at least one disabled member; buyers must be at or below 80% of AMI adjusted for household size. Buyers using this product qualify for Florida Assist down payment assistance.
· Community Heroes: This 30-year first mortgage loan program is designed to help both veterans and active duty military personnel, as
· well as full-time employees of the school system, police departments, firefighters, and certain healthcare workers with obtaining affordable
· housing. Florida Housing may offer a pool for these loans at a lower interest rate for the purpose of assisting this special target group.
· Florida Advantage: This program is for buyers purchasing in special geographic areas, rural self-help buyers or for households with at least one disabled member; buyers must be at or below 80% of AMI adjusted for household size. Buyers using this product qualify for Florida Assist down payment assistance.
· Community Heroes: This 30-year first mortgage loan program is designed to help both veterans and active duty military personnel, as
· well as full-time employees of the school system, police departments, firefighters, and certain healthcare workers with obtaining affordable
· housing. Florida Housing may offer a pool for these loans at a lower interest rate for the purpose of assisting this special target group.
DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS offered by Florida Housing are as follows:
· Florida Assist: Offers lower income borrowers up to $7,500 to assist with down payment and closing costs. This is a deferred second
· mortgage with no payments and 0% interest that is repaid when the borrower sells or refinances the home, or at the end of the term of
· their first mortgage.
· Homeownership Assistance for Moderate Income Loan (HAMI): Offers borrowers up to $5,000 to assist with down payment and
· closing costs. This is a low fixed-rate second mortgage that is repaid over 10 years.
· Contact a Participating Lender in Your Area
· Florida Housing’s FTHB program is accessible through a network of participating lenders around the state. A searchable list of participating lenders is available online by visiting www.floridahousing.org, then selecting the First Time Homebuyer Wizard.
· For more information on Florida Housing’s Homeownership programs, call toll-free
1(800) 814-HOME or visit our website atwww.floridahousing.org.
· mortgage with no payments and 0% interest that is repaid when the borrower sells or refinances the home, or at the end of the term of
· their first mortgage.
· Homeownership Assistance for Moderate Income Loan (HAMI): Offers borrowers up to $5,000 to assist with down payment and
· closing costs. This is a low fixed-rate second mortgage that is repaid over 10 years.
· Contact a Participating Lender in Your Area
· Florida Housing’s FTHB program is accessible through a network of participating lenders around the state. A searchable list of participating lenders is available online by visiting www.floridahousing.org, then selecting the First Time Homebuyer Wizard.
· For more information on Florida Housing’s Homeownership programs, call toll-free
1(800) 814-HOME or visit our website atwww.floridahousing.org.
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