Freddie Mac Announces June 21 Effort to Help Active and Retired Service Members Buy Homes in North Carolina
June 12 2014 - 10:38AM
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Freddie Mac Announces June 21 Effort to Help Active and Retired
Service Members Buy Homes in North Carolina
Fayetteville, NC to Host American Heroes Housing Fair and Open
House at Kiwanis Recreation Center From 10 am to 3 pm
MCLEAN, VA--(Marketwired - Jun 12, 2014) - Freddie Mac
(OTCQB: FMCC) today announced it is teaming up with the Veterans
Association of Real Estate Professionals and the Kingdom Community
Development Corporation on June 21 to hold the American Heroes
Housing Fair and Open House in Fayetteville, NC. Freddie
Mac is one of the nation's largest sources of affordable mortgage
funds for America's borrowers.
The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House is free
and will provide service members, veterans and their families with
free borrower counseling, house tours, and news about a special
Freddie Mac closing cost incentive when buyers purchase a HomeSteps
home. HomeSteps is Freddie Mac's REO sales division.
The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House will be
held on June 21, between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, at the Kiwanis
Recreation Center, 352 Devers Street, Fayetteville, NC
28301. For more information, contact the Kingdom Community
Development Center at 910-484-2722 or at kingdomcdc@gmail.com.
News Quote:
Attribute to Christina Diaz-Malone, Vice President, Corporate
Relations and Housing Outreach, Freddie Mac:
"The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House is
about fulfilling the American Dream the men and women in our armed
forces fight for every day. It is about training veterans and
active duty personnel to become successful homeowners in North
Carolina. Homeownership is Freddie Mac's mission. We are
proud to work with the Veterans Association of Real Estate
Professionals and the Kingdom CDC to make homeownership possible
for today's military families."
Additional News Facts:
- The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House will
be held on June 21 in Fayetteville, NC, the home of Ft. Bragg, one
of the world's largest military bases. Ft. Bragg has
approximately 57,000 military personnel, 11,000 civilian employees
and 23,000 family members.
- The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House will
provide attendees with news about HomeSteps' special Buy-A-Home
initiative that can provide up to 3% of seller paid closing costs
when buyers purchase a HomeSteps home.
- On June 21 and June 22 tours of active HomeSteps listings
will be provided by members of the Veterans Association of Real
Estate Professionals and other real estate agents during the
American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House.
- Kingdom CDC will provide American Heroes Housing Fair and
Open House attendees with borrower counseling and education
using CreditSmart, the financial literacy program Freddie Mac
developed to help more families become successful homeowners. More
than four million borrowers have received CreditSmart training over
the past decade.
- The American Heroes Housing Fair and Open House
supports National Homeownership Month, when Americans focus on the
importance of homeownership to their families and communities.
Freddie Mac was established by Congress in 1970 to provide
liquidity, stability and affordability to the nation's residential
mortgage markets. Freddie Mac supports communities across the
nation by providing mortgage capital to lenders. Today Freddie Mac
is making home possible for one in four home borrowers and is one
of the largest sources of financing for multifamily housing.
Additional information is available at FreddieMac.com, Twitter
@FreddieMac and Freddie Mac's blog FreddieMac.com/blog.
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