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The Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation (SETH) offers Texas residents the 5 Star Texas Advantage Program, which helps eligible applicants with down payment and closing cost assistance in the form of a grant.
This program is designed for homebuyers to purchase a home anywhere in Travis County, including the City of Austin, by helping them overcome the obstacle of down payment costs. A grant of up to 5 percent of the loan amount is applied towards the down payment or closing costs.
The Southeast Texas Housing Finance Corporation (SETH) offers Texas residents the Home Star Program, which helps eligible applicants with down payment and closing cost assistance. SETH provides up to 4 percent of the total loan amount in the form of a down payment assistance grant.
Homeownership Across Texas grants 5 percent of the loan amount with VA, FHA, or USDA financed loans. Borrowers with conventional loans receive 3 percent grants. Grants do not come with any repayment or recapture period, nor is there a first-time homebuyer requirement.
This initiative provides teachers, police and correctional officers, fire fighters and EMS personnel, and veterans with down payment assistance between 3 and 5 percent of the loan amount and a 30-year fixed rate mortgage with several rates and loan options.
Along with a competitive, fixed interest, 30-year home loan, the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs’ My First Texas Home’s Taxable Mortgage Program (TMP) offers down payment and closing cost assistance of up to 5 percent of the mortgage loan.
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Purchase or refinance your home with an FHA loan. You can get one with a down payment as low as 3.5%. Browse through our frequent homebuyer questions to learn the ins and outs of this government backed loan program.
