Real Property Law | A Consumer’s Guide to Buying Your First Home
The Keys to My House video (available in Spanish) provides consumer advice on buying a home. Here are links to other websites that provide additional information on how to put that advice into practice.
This mortgage calculator will calculate your monthly payments without asking for your contact information.
This mortgage calculator will calculate your monthly payments without asking for your contact information. It also helps you determine how much home you can afford.
This site gives you an interactive tool that allows you to determine whether you should rent or purchase a home.
Freddie Mac give you an interactive tool that shows users how you analyze whether you can afford a mortgage or not and at what price.
Find a realtor; can narrow it down and search by names, city, and language
Fill out contact us information to ask for a local referral
Search for a certified financial planner (CFP) in your city and state; advanced search also lets you pick language.
Look up local bar associations in your area based on city, state or zip
Find a HUD counselor in your area based on state. Can narrow the search by language
Search by area of practice
Explains the different components of the contract
Lists the documents involved and what different closing costs are involved
Home buying programs in your state
Find a HUD approved lender in your area
Program for law enforcement officers, pre-kindergarten through 12 grade teachers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians looking for homes in revitalization areas
US Dept of Veterans Affairs page on home loans
United States Department of Agriculture has assistance program that provides funding for single family homes, apartments for low-income persons or the elderly, etc.
Provides links to government-subsidized programs by state
This guide helps Hispanic homebuyers to better understand the home buying process
This association is a for-profit company focused on increasing homeownership opportunities for Hispanic families
Freddie Mac provides you a step by step checklist from financing to closing
Freddie Mac provides users a calculator to determine closing costs
Freddie Mac provides users a calculator to determine down payment costs
Freddie Mac provides users a list of closing documents and the meaning behind them
The information contained in the websites noted herein represent the opinions of the authors and editors of those respective websites and should not be construed to be those of the American Bar Association ("ABA") or its Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law Section or its Commission on Hispanic Legal Rights and Responsibilities. Links to these websites are provided for informational purposes only and neither the ABA nor any of its affiliates take responsibility for the content of any of these websites. No representations or warranties whatsoever, express or implied, are given as to the accuracy or applicability of the information contained herein or therein. Transmission of the information is not intended to create, and receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship between any attorney and any other person, group or entity. Nothing contained herein or therein is to be considered as the rendering of legal advice for specific cases, and readers are responsible for obtaining such advice from their own legal counsel .