Digital Branch: Buying Your First Home: Overview

Overview

Massachusetts Housing Presentation 2020.05.21
Angelo Nuby, Senior Relationship Manager at Massachusetts Housing presented at the Morse Institute Library on the topic of 1st Time Homebuying during the Coronavirus Pandemic.
Middlesex Bank Home Buying Presentation 2020.10.27
Jon Auger, Executive Vice President & Chief Retail Lending Officer Middlesex Savings Bank presented at the Morse Institute Library on the topic of Buying Your First Home on October 27, 2020.

1st Time Home Buyer Workshops
NeighborWorks® is a one-stop-shop, providing all the answers and support a homebuyer needs- homebuyer education, realty, financial coaching, foreclosure counseling, and more.
Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association’s mission is to encourage the production and preservation of housing that is affordable to low and moderate income families and individuals and to foster diverse and sustainable communities through planning and community development.
Massachusetts Housing
MassHousing is an independent, quasi-public agency created in 1966 and charged with providing financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars to sustain its operations, although it administers some publicly funded programs on behalf of the Commonwealth. Since its inception, MassHousing has provided more than $24 billion for affordable
housing.
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
MHP works with communities to create innovative policy and financing solutions that provide affordable homes and better lives for the people of Massachusetts.
Understand Credit Scores
Find resources from this session of the Ask a Professional Series, offered on site from 2019-2020.

Home Buying Kit for Dummies by Eric Tyson; Ray Brown
ISBN: 9781119674795
Publication Date: 2020-04-07
When it comes to buying a home, it's hard to know where to begin. You want to buy at a fair price at the right time--not always easy in a fast-changing market. The updated Home Buying Kit has all you need: strategies to secure the optimal deal, the ins and outs of home financing, how to evaluate rent vs. buy, and the latest on regulations around mortgage interest and property tax.
Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home by Ilona Bray; Ann O'Connell; Stewart Stewart
ISBN: 9781413327007
Publication Date: 2019-12-31
There's no place like home! Ready to say goodbye to your landlord? With help from Nolo's Essential Guide to Buying Your First Home, you'll not only find the right house for you, you'll have fun doing it.
Financial literacy : planning for the future. Buying a home by Weiss Ratings (Editor); Weiss Ratings (Editor)
ISBN: 9781642650204
Publication Date: 2018-04-01
Financial Literacy: Planning for the Future is an important resource for your library's financial literacy collection. This new eight volume set provides helpful guidance for patrons who are ready for the next step in their financial planning--starting a family, buying a home, insurance options, identify theft, planning for college and so much more. Designed as a complement to Financial Literacy Basics, Financial Literacy: Planning for the Future takes readers even further towards their financial goals.

Real Estate Today Podcast
Real Estate Today opens doors for buyers and sellers with critical and credible information on the real estate market. It’s fast paced and fact packed with experts, interviews, call-ins, field reports, and timely market conditions.