Truckee is a mountain town on I-80 just north of Lake Tahoe, where year-round residents, second-home owners and short-term rental investors all compete for homes in Tahoe Donner, Glenshire and the historic downtown. We help Truckee buyers and homeowners with jumbo, second-home and investment property financing. Down payment assistance in Truckee 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 Truckee: (916) 526-2700
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Truckee is a high-priced resort market where most purchases are jumbo loans and a large share are second homes or investment properties, each with its own down payment and qualifying rules. Buyers often need financing that accounts for HOA dues, mountain insurance costs and short-term rental income. For Truckee 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 mountain homes and cabins in Tahoe Donner, family neighborhoods in Glenshire and Prosser Lakeview, lakefront and near-lake homes at Donner Lake, condos near downtown, and luxury homes in Gray's Crossing, Old Greenwood and the Martis Valley communities. Assistance loans add a few steps to the closing, such as program approval and homebuyer education, and we manage all of them. Most Truckee 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 Truckee 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.
Our down payment assistance clients in Truckee come from Tahoe Donner, Glenshire, Donner Lake, Downtown Truckee and every other part of the Truckee-Tahoe area. Truckee is about two hours from our Gold River office, and we handle Truckee loans entirely by phone, email and e-signature.
Call Pacific National Lending at (916) 526-2700 or start your application online. We will review your goals, explain your options in plain English and give you real numbers for down payment assistance in Truckee.
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