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First-Time Homeownership Programming
NOAH offers CHAPA-certified first-time homebuyer education classes as well as free individual counseling for everyone. There is a registration fee of $30 per person or $40 for two family members for the classes. Learn everything you need to know about how to purchase your new home wisely. Guest speakers include realtors, lenders, home inspectors, Boston Public Health Commission staff, and more. Attendees receive City of Boston certificates.
If you would like to sign up or to obtain additional information, please contact Diana Franco at 617-418-8266 or dfranco@noahcdc.org.
All non-summer classes meet from 9 AM to 2:30 PM & lunch is included. Summer classes - in June, July and August - are held on three consecutive weeknights from 6 - 9 PM.
To watch a YouTube video featuring a new first-time NOAH homebuyer through the Washington-Beech Program, please click here; to watch this homebuyer discussing her experience with NOAH in general, please click here.
To find out about special City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development programming for first-time homebuyers, please go to www.city of boston/dnd.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) offers a comprehensive list of Common Questions from First-time Homebuyers.
A few of these questions include the following:
- Why should I buy, instead of rent?
How do I find a lender?
- I've had bad credit, and I don't have much for a down-payment. Can I become a homebuyer?
- I'm a single mother. How would I go about buying a home?
- Should I use a real estate broker? How do I find one?
- How much money will I have to come up with to buy a home?
