I love the Oregon Bond Loan! This program represents a wonderful collaboration of industry partners interested in giving low-to-moderate income buyers a leg-up to experience the many proven widespread benefits of home- ownership experienced not only by the homeowner and their families, but the community at large. In an area like Portland and the Metro Communities where living wages are not keeping pace with home prices, it takes a program like the Oregon Bond Loan to keep our police officers, teachers, nurses, and service industry in general by offering the stability of homeownership versus renting.

What is the Oregon Bond Loan? The Oregon Bond Loan is a program through Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS), Oregon’s State Housing Finance Agency. The Department periodically issues mortgage revenue bonds to fund below market interest rate loans for below median income homebuyers in Oregon.  The program offers a below market rate (RateAdvantage) and/or cash assistance of 3% (CashAdvantage) for those buyers who find coming up with the necessary down payment and closing costs a challenge. Buyers might layer these programs with an available down payment assistance program, such as the State’s PAL offered through OHCS.  People who never thought they would experience the dream of homeownership find out otherwise. Loans under this program must be insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), USDA Rural Development, or a conventional loan insured by a qualified mortgage insurer approved by the department, if the loan to value is greater then 80%. The maximum loan amount will be determined by the mortgage insurance type and will be based on the appraised value of the property or purchase price, whichever is less. Conventional loans that close with a loan-to-value of 80% or less do not require mortgage insurance.

Call Dirk or Todd Knudsen today for a referral to a list of qualified lenders that can assist you to check out the Oregon Bond FHA Loan Program.

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