Redwood City is the San Mateo County seat, a Peninsula city with a revived downtown around Courthouse Square, a Caltrain stop and a long-standing claim to the best climate in the country. We help Redwood City buyers and homeowners with jumbo purchase loans, condo financing, refinances and equity lines. Many Redwood City buyers have the income to afford a monthly mortgage payment but not the savings for a down payment and closing costs. Down payment assistance programs exist for exactly that gap, and Pacific National Lending works with CalHFA-participating lenders on the programs most Redwood City buyers use.
Call Pacific National Lending for down payment assistance in Redwood City: (916) 526-2700
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Redwood City attracts technology and healthcare professionals who want a real downtown and a central Peninsula commute, and jumbo financing is the rule for single-family homes. Many buyers rely on stock compensation, bonuses or a recent job offer to qualify, and the hillside lots of Emerald Hills bring their own appraisal and insurance considerations. For Redwood City buyers, CalHFA's MyHome Assistance Program provides a deferred-payment junior loan of up to 3.5 percent of the purchase price or appraised value on FHA loans (3 percent on conventional) for down payment or closing costs, with no monthly payment until the home is sold, refinanced or paid off. It pairs with CalHFA FHA, VA, USDA and conventional first mortgages.
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Housing includes older bungalows and cottages in Mount Carmel, Edgewood Park and the downtown neighborhoods, 1950s ranch homes in Woodside Plaza and Farm Hill, custom hillside homes in Emerald Hills, and waterfront condos, townhomes and lagoon homes in Redwood Shores. Down payment assistance in Redwood City works best with a lender who uses it regularly. We know the program guidelines, the documentation and the timing, which keeps the transaction smooth and protects your offer.
Assistance can often be combined with seller credits and lender credits, so an Redwood City first-time buyer may bring very little to closing. We structure the offer with your agent so the seller's contribution covers what the program does not.
Pacific National Lending serves Downtown Redwood City, Mount Carmel, Emerald Hills, Redwood Shores and the rest of Redwood City for down payment assistance. Redwood City is a little over two hours from our Gold River office, and we handle Redwood City loans remotely from application to closing.
For down payment assistance in Redwood City, call Pacific National Lending at (916) 526-2700 or use the secure application on this page. A licensed loan officer will follow up within one business day.
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