The following guest sits down with host Justin White:

•   Brittany Jacobs – Mortgage Loan Originator/Branch Manager, NEXA Mortgage


How to Use Down Payment Assistance Programs to Help Your First-time Homebuyer Clients

Affordability is a common barrier to entry for many prospective homebuyers. However, there are ways to get over that hurdle. How can mortgage brokers use down payment assistance programs to help their first-time homebuyer clients? Listen to episode #36 of Good. Better. Broker. as we talk with a mortgage broker who walks you through everything you need to know about DPA programs, from how to find them to how to dispel common myths about them. 

In this episode of the Good. Better. Broker. Podcast, you’ll learn how to leverage down payment assistance programs to help your first-time homebuyers.


In this episode, we discuss ...

•   1:46 – Why Brittany decided to focus on down payment assistance programs
•   2:51 – The benefits of down payment assistance programs
•   3:20 – How Brittany researches DPA programs
•   5:11 – How Brittany determines if DPA programs are going to be a fit for borrowers
•   7:25 – Searching for DPA programs by state vs. county
•   8:43 – Why DPA programs aren’t advertised as much as they could be
•   12:17 – Brittany dispels some of the misconceptions that exist about DPA programs
•   13:13 – Why DPA programs aren’t only for low-income borrowers
•   16:29 -  Brittany’s advice for loan originators on DPA programs


Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

The Source
Hometown Heroes


Show Contributor:

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Justin White is UWM’s in-house brand journalist and the host of the daily news video, Inside Pass. He creates engaging content across multiple platforms to promote the benefits of the wholesale channel and partnering with UWM. A seven-time Emmy-award winner, Justin is a graduate of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

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