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City of Boston - Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
Department of Neighborhood Development (DND)
Evelyn Friedman, Director
September 2009

Save the Date!

Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009  

Boston Home Center’s
Housing Fair

11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Mildred Ave Community Center
5 Mildred Avenue, Mattapan

Mayor Menino and the Boston Home Center will host a Housing Fair at the Mildred Avenue Community Center, an event designed to provide homebuyers and homeowners with access to:

  • Information on downpayment assistance of up
    to $25,000 for qualified buyers purchasing
    foreclosed properties in designated areas;
  • Foreclosed property listings from local Realtors®
  • Pre-qualification for a mortgage
  • Opportunities to meet with participating lenders and learn about specialty mortgage products
  • Information about rehab money of up to $50,000
    for qualified foreclosed properties in designated areas
  • Affordable housing opportunities available on a first-come, first-served basis

Please call the Boston Home Center at 617.635.HOME with questions about this event.

 

FOR SALE: Single-Family Townhouse

Hano Homes

A single-family townhouse at 77 Hano Street in Allston is for sale for $200,000.

This stylish new home has three bedrooms and 1.5 bathrooms and is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

To learn more about this great homebuying opportunity, call the Boston Home Center at 617.635.HOME.

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HOPE NOW Alliance Holds Foreclosure Prevention Workshop

Get Help to Save Your Home

Thursday,
September 17, 2009

2:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Boston Convention
& Exhibition Center
415 Summer Street, Boston

Don’t Miss This FREE Opportunity to Meet With Your Lender Face-to-Face!

  • AHMSI (American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc)
  • Aurora Loan Services
  • Bank of America
  • Carrington
  • Chase
  • Citi
  • GMAC
  • HSBC
  • Litton
  • National City
  • Ocwen
  • OneWest Bank (IndyMac)
  • Saxon Mortgage
  • SPS (Select Portfolio Servicing)
  • Suntrust
  • Wells/Wachovia
  • Willshire

Get information about the Federal Making Home Affordable Program

Attendees must bring all necessary mortgage and financial documents. Click here for more details.

Helpful Links

Boston Home Center
- for homebuyers
- for homeowners
- for renters

City of Boston

Cash-to-Close Partners

Meet the Lenders

Green Roundtable

Having Trouble with Your Mortgage? Don’t wait – call us.

The Boston Home Center can help. Call us at 617.635.HOME and speak to a foreclosure prevention counselor today.

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HOMEWORKS WORKSHOP

Homeworks will hold its first Fall workshop at the Dudley Branch Library, on Monday, September 21, 2009.

View all upcoming DND workshops and open houses.

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TUNE IN...to the Boston Home Center's HomeWorks Show every Wednesday at 1:00 P.M. on BNN, channel 9.

Each week, we address your homebuying or homeownership concerns and questions. Call in to the show at 617.708.3290 with your questions - we've got answers! On September 23, Boston Home Center Assistant Director Maureen Wattley will talk about the upcoming Housing Fair.

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For more information,
visit the Boston Home Center web site
[ http://www.bostonhomecenter.com ]
or call 617-635-HOME.