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Zero down and no monthly mortgage insurance for veterans and active-duty service members.
$0 down · VA eligibleLearn More →🌾 USDA Loan
100% financing for eligible rural and suburban Kentucky buyers within income limits.
$0 down · USDA areasLearn More →🏛 KHC Assistance
Kentucky Housing down payment assistance for first-time and repeat buyers.
Up to $12,500 assistanceLearn More →📈 Conventional
Best long-term value for stronger credit. PMI cancels at 20% equity, unlike FHA.
3% down · 620+ creditLearn More →💰 Zero Down Options
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See What You Qualify For →Down payment Assistance for Kentucky Homebuyers $10,000 Through KHC
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Down Payment Assistance Housing Programs for Kentucky First Time Home Buyers
$10,000 Down Payment assistance from Kentucky Housing Below see details below for restrictions:
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KHC recognizes that down payments, closing costs, and prepaids are stumbling blocks for many potential home buyers. We offer a special loan program to help with those. Your KHC-approved lender can help you apply.
Regular DAP
- Purchase price up to $349,525 with Secondary Market.
- Assistance in the form of a loan up to $10,000 in $100 increments.
- Repayable over a 10-year term at 3.75 percent.
- Available to all KHC first-mortgage loan recipients.
More About Down Payment and Closing Costs
- No liquid asset review and no limit on borrower reserves.
- Specific credit underwriting standards may apply to down payment programs.
Secondary Market Eligibility
To qualify for a Secondary Market KHC loan, you must meet the following requirements:
- Meet Secondary Market Income Limits for your county.
- Be a U.S. citizen, other national or qualified alien person
- Have a minimum credit score of 620.
- Be a first-time or repeat homebuyer.
Property Eligibility
The home you wish to purchase must meet the following guidelines.
- Borrower must occupy the home within 60 days of closing and for duration of loan.
- New or previously occupied detached, single-family home.
- New or previously occupied condominium, townhouse, or attached unit in a planned unit development.
- Check with lender for eligible condominiums.
- New or previously occupied manufactured housing, single or double wide, permanently affixed to the foundation and taxed as real estate
- Must meet loan type's foundation requirements.
- The property purchased must be in Kentucky.
Secondary Market Funding Source
- First-time and repeat homebuyers statewide
- 30-year fixed interest rate
- Principal residence ONLY
- Purchase Price Limit: $349,525
- Borrower must meet KHC's Secondary Market Income Limits
- Minimum credit score of 660
- 3 percent down payment
- Monthly mortgage insurance (charter coverage)
- KHC DAP applicable
- No minimum borrower contribution
- No reserves required
- 80 percent AMI income
- Minimum credit score of 660
- 3 percent down payment
- Monthly mortgage insurance (standard coverage)
- KHC DAP applicable
- No minimum borrower contribution
- No reserves required
- Secondary Market Income limits apply
- Insured by the Federal Housing Administration
- 3.5 percent down payment
- KHC DAP applicable
- Upfront and monthly mortgage insurance
- Minimum credit score of 620
Refinance Options (Available only through Secondary Market)
- Credit qualifying Streamline Refinance and Rate/Term Refinance
- Insured by the Federal Housing Administration
- Cash back to borrower not to exceed $500
- Upfront and monthly mortgage insurance
- Minimum credit score of 620
- Guaranteed by the Veterans Administration for qualified military veterans
- No down payment if the property appraises for the sales price or greater
- KHC DAP applicable
- Minimum credit score of 620
- No monthly mortgage insurance payments
- VA IRRRL
- 620 minimum credit score
- No appraisal required
- 30-year term
- VA existing loan
Purchase Price Limitations
Secondary Market First Mortgage Programs and KHC's Homebuyer Tax Credit
Secondary Market New and Existing Homes................$349,525
KHC's Homebuyer Tax Credit.......................................$349,525
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