Sonoma is the historic heart of the Sonoma Valley, built around the eight-acre Sonoma Plaza and the last of the California missions, with vineyards beginning at the edge of town. We help Sonoma buyers and homeowners with conventional, jumbo, second-home and reverse mortgage financing. Down payment assistance in Sonoma can cover a large share of the cash needed to buy a home, and Pacific National Lending helps buyers find and use the programs they qualify for. From CalHFA's statewide MyHome assistance to county and city programs, we layer assistance with FHA, VA or conventional financing to reduce cash to close.
Call Pacific National Lending for down payment assistance in Sonoma: (916) 526-2700
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Sonoma attracts Bay Area second-home buyers, retirees and wine-industry locals, and most purchases near the Plaza reach jumbo loan amounts. Second-home and vacation-rental rules change the down payment and the way income is counted, and the valley's 55-plus communities create steady interest in reverse mortgages and downsizing loans. For Sonoma 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 historic bungalows and farmhouses on the east side near the Plaza, mid-century and newer homes on the west side, the Temelec 55-plus community, cottages in Boyes Hot Springs and El Verano, and vineyard estates toward Glen Ellen and the Carneros. Assistance loans add a few steps to the closing, such as program approval and homebuyer education, and we manage all of them. Most Sonoma purchases using CalHFA assistance close in about 30 to 35 days, and we set expectations with your agent and the seller from the start.
Assistance can often be combined with seller credits and lender credits, so an Sonoma 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.
We help borrowers with down payment assistance throughout Sonoma, including Sonoma Plaza, Eastside Sonoma, Westside Sonoma, Temelec, and across the Sonoma Valley. Sonoma is about an hour and a half from our Gold River office via I-80 and Highway 12.
Ready to talk about down payment assistance in Sonoma? Call (916) 526-2700 or apply online in a few minutes. There is no credit pull at the first step and no obligation.
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