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Ohio Housing Finance Agency's 30-year fixed-rate FHA, VA, USDA-RD, or conventional first mortgage, available to first-time homebuyers statewide (first-time requirement waived for veterans and buyers purchasing in an OHFA-designated target area, or under the Next Home non-first-time-buyer variant); subject to county-specific income and purchase-price limits.
Forgivable down payment and closing cost assistance of 3% of the purchase price for conventional loans or 3.5% for government loans (FHA/VA/USDA); forgiven after 7 years of continued ownership/occupancy, fully repayable if the home is sold before then. Must be paired with an OHFA first mortgage.
Estimated all-in monthly payment for a home price you have in mind.
Check which down payment assistance programs you likely qualify for.
What actually reaches your account after federal tax, FICA, and your state's own brackets — with local income tax disclosed rather than guessed at.
Ohio's transfer tax on a median $245,500 home is $246 — and the seller usually pays it. Here's where your Ohio closing money actually goes instead.
Private mortgage insurance explained in plain English — what it costs, why it exists, the exact federal rules for cancelling it, and how to work out the month your PMI is scheduled to end.
The operational guide to buying property with a partner, friend, sibling, or parent — credit and DTI mechanics, title vesting, a clause-by-clause co-ownership agreement, and how the exit actually works.
A month-by-month plan for the year before you buy: what to do in each phase, what never to touch, how to document every dollar, and how to survive closing day.