Indiana First
Time Home Buyer Programs and Resources
If
you are a potential first time home buyer in Indiana, we
welcome you! It is our utmost desire to assist you in
reaching the goal of buying your first home. We've
gathered the most helpful, beneficial resources together
on this page to make things as easy as possible for you.
You
won't find a lot of ads, nor will you find a lot of
fluff, just lots and lots of helpful first time home
buyer information. If you haven't been there already, we
suggest you visit our home page where you'll find a 16
step guide to buying your first home. Whether you
realize it or not, you will accomplish each of the 16
steps listed, but you'll save time and avoid costly
mistakes by simply using the information provided there.
You can find our home page by clicking here:
First Time Home Buyer.
We
suggest you make those 16 steps your personal checklist
for buying your first home. If so, be sure to bookmark
the site so you can refer back to it often.
While
you are working on those 16 steps, you'll also want to
check what is available for first time home buyer
financial programs in Indiana. The first place to start
in that search is the Indiana Housing and Community
Development Authority.
They provide generous assistance to first time home
buyers in the form of grants to help with the down
payment as well as closing costs.
The Indiana Housing
and Community Development Authority has several
different assistance programs
for eligible home buyers who meet specific moderate
income limits to help with down payment and/or closing
costs., including First Home, First Home/Plus, First
Home 100, and Mortgage Credit Certificates. Check
and see what is available and if you qualify....
To visit the website
of the
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority simply click on
the highlighted text. In certain situations they will
provide loans and even grants for the down payment for first time home
buyers. It is a great program for first time home buyers and is worth
investigating. Simply go to their website above for
complete information.
There are other
homeownership programs available through the Indiana
Housing and Community Development Authority, including
below market interest rate home mortgages. You can visit the website by
clicking
here. You'll find information on income limits
in order to qualify for the first time home buyer
program, program descriptions, a list of approved
lenders, and a host of other first time home buyer
resources.
In addition to the
state programs, there are federal funds and grants
available to residents and first time home buyers in
Indiana through the Homes and Communities program of the
US Department of Housing and Urban Development. On their
website you'll find complete grant information,
application forms, descriptions of available funds, as
well as many other helpful tools.
Every potential first
time home buyer should investigate what they have to
offer. You can visit the website by clicking on
US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Finally,
there is a website that lists all grant programs
available through the federal government, Grants.gov.
First time home buyers should plan to spend the required
time investigating to determine how many specific grants
they may qualify for. You can visit the website by
clicking here.
We will be adding
more resources to this page as we discover them and/or
they become available to first time home buyers in
Indiana, so please do bookmark this site and check back
often! In the meantime, please do look around and get the most of the information that is here.
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