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Down Payment Assistance

  HOW DO I FIND OUT IF A PROPERTY IN NJ IS ELIGIBLE FOR DOWN PAYMENT ASSISTANCE. I HAVE SPOKEN W/ 2 MORTGAGE GUYS WHO HAVE TOLD ME ITS NOT THE PROPERTY ITS ME THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE AND I KNOW THATS NOT TRUE BECAUSE MY REAL ESTATE AGENT HAD ASSISTANCE AND THE PROPERTY WAS ELIGIBLE NOT HER I KNOW THEY DONT WANT TO TELL ME BECAUSE THEY THEN DONT GET A COMISSION ON THE AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE I WOULD GET PLEASE HELP ME
 
  In many cases, special assistance is available for particular buyers, and in a few cases, it may be for property located in "target" neighborhoods.  At any rate, you're asking the wrong people.  Talk with mortgage brokers.  They'll know what's available.
    Edith
Originally published on August 29, 2007
 
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