MHP Home Ownership - News
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Sovereign honored for helping first-time buyers in Lawrence, MV
LAWRENCE, Dec. 19, 2012 ---MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program has honored Sovereign Bank with a HomeSafe Award for its outstanding success making loans to lower-income first-time homebuyers in the City of Lawrence and the Merrimack Valley.
Blue Hills honored for helping Boston first-time homebuyers
BOSTON, Dec. 5, 2012 --- MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program has honored Blue Hills Bank with a 2012 HomeSafe Award for its outstanding success making loans to first-time homebuyers in Boston.
SoftSecond recognizes Mechanics Cooperative Bank
BOSTON, Sept. 21, 2012 --- The Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program has honored Mechanics Cooperative Bank with a 2012 HomeSafe Award for its success making loans to low- and moderate-income first-time homebuyers in southeastern Massachusetts.
MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program honors Rockland Trust
BOSTON, Aug. 29, 2012 - The Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program today announced Rockland Trust has received its HomeSafe Award in recognition of the bank's outstanding success making loans to working-class, first-time homebuyers in Massachusetts.
MHP's SoftSecond program honors Southern Mass Credit Union
FAIRHAVEN, Aug. 28, 2012 --- MHP has honored Southern Mass Credit Union with a HomeSafe Award for its success making loans to first-time homebuyers.
Recent articles make case for SoftSecond
BOSTON, July 6, 2012 --- In case you missed it, Shelter Force published an article this spring on how MHP's SoftSecond Loan Program can be useful in shaping a new national policy on how to successfully extend credit to lower-income first-time homebuyers.
SoftSecond Loan Program announces guideline changes
BOSTON, March 1, 2012 --- In an effort to provide more direct support to first-time homebuyers, the SoftSecond Loan Program will now provide and require additional one-on-one pre-purchase counseling for buyers of three-family properties.
SoftSecond featured in discussion on future of homeownership
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 29, 2011 --- Homebuyer education, risk retention by private lenders and a loan review system that includes a "second look" by the program's public administrator are three reasons why the Commonwealth's SoftSecond Loan Program has been so successful in making loans to low and moderate first-time homebuyers, according to Judy Jacobson of the Massachusetts Housing Partnership.
MHP expands support for 1st-time homebuyers; RFP seeks counselors
BOSTON, July 28, 2011 --- In an ongoing effort to provide safe, secure mortgage financing for low and moderate-income first-time homebuyers, the Massachusetts Housing Partnership's SoftSecond Loan Program is offering expanded pre- and post-purchase counseling services, which are designed to help buyers keep their homes and avoid foreclosure.
SoftSecond sets new guidelines
BOSTON, May 31, 2011 --- Borrowers with a strong rent and bill payment history who have not made extensive use of credit may now be eligible for a SoftSecond loan, according to new program guidelines released by the Massachusetts Housing Partnership (MHP).
