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Believing In A Place Called Home

HomeSteps, a Unit of FreddieMac, Offers Free

Home Buying Seminar for Potential Homebuyers

A free home-buying seminar, Believing In A Place Called Home, designed especially for potential home-buyers, will be held on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at Visionary Home Builders of California, 315 N. San Joaquin Street, Stockton. The workshop is being held from 8:30am to 2:00pm followed by a bus tour of available properties from 2:00pm to 4:00pm. A continental breakfast and lunch will be served. Seating is limited to 25 people and reservations must be made by January 18, 2010 at www.wellsfargo.com/register or by calling 209-466-6811.

Attendees will learn:

  • What and whom you need to know when buying a home.
  • How to prepare for homeownership
  • The types of mortgages available
  • How the home buying process works and what to expect
  • Each attendee will receive a “buyers closing cost certificate”
  • Each attendee will receive partial credit for the Homebuyers Education Certificate

The program and curriculum, developed by HomeSteps, a Unit of FreddieMac, with sponsorship from Wells Fargo, Visionary Home Builders and Realty World, starts off with a morning of education taught by the education staff of Visionary Home Builders, followed by a bus tour. The bus tour will include a walk-through of five HomeSteps, a Unit of FreddieMac, REO properties that meet the requirements of an FHA loan. This  program has been successfully operating in Southern California.  This Stockton event represents the unveiling of this program in Northern California and plans are in place to continue to offer this opportunity to local homebuyers.

Founded in 1983, Visionary Home Builders (VHB) is a nonprofit housing development company and housing counseling agency based in Stockton, California. It is the leading agency of its kind in the San Joaquin Valley, having developed more than 1,000 units of rental housing and has renovated/built more than 500 single-family homes. Visionary Home Builders has brought more than $250 million dollars in grants and private dollars to develop affordable housing in the valley.  VHB is a HUD approved Housing Counseling Agency.

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Posted On January 12, 2010 by PressRelease

3 Comments

  1. ElizabethL Jan 13, 2010

    I’m glad this seminar is being hosted. I found some quick home buying tips here http://www.fischerandfrichtel.com/blog/index.php/2010/01/new-homes-vs-foreclosures/

  2. Lynnette Farthing Feb 10, 2010

    I would like an application for you class please. If you could send one or let me know how to find it on line.

    Thank you,
    Lynnette

  3. Yolanda Gonzalez Mar 3, 2010

    I am truly interested in your program but am wondering if there is a certain income restriction.

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