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posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 1:36p
flicken
Thrifty Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 3:43p
Watch out for the extra fees: $50/mo for 5-10 years.
NACA Website said: At your first individual meeting with a Mortgage Consultant, you will need to pay the Membership Fee, (for 2007 is $20 for the year). Once you purchase your home, you will need to pay the Membership Fee, which includes the Neighborhood Stabilization Fund Fee,of $50 a month for a period of between five and ten years, depending on the amount of the mortgage. source
NACA seems like a really good way into homeownership. There seems to be a lot of positive response to it over at creditboard's mortgage forum. There is a post that is chronicling the homebuying purchase with NACA on there. I wouldn't worry too much about the $50/month fee seeing how you will be getting a low interest rate for a 30 yr fixed. You can also buy down the interest rate to 0%.
1) You live in the house as long as you have the mortgage. 2) You attend four of their events a year. There's also a maximum purchase price: https://www.naca.com/offices/maxPrice.jsp?menu=pur It is significantly below the median in my town. All you could buy under their max purchase price in my town would be a decent 1 bedroom condo, a decent 2 bedroom condo in a bad area, a crappy 2 bedroom condo in a decent area, or a crappy detached home in a bad area.
LOOPHOLE
Senior Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 6:24p
Wow, someone from NC got a 30yr fixed for 3.062%!
aamirmian
New Member
posted: Feb. 14, 2008 @ 9:17p
CrAsian said: You can also buy down the interest rate to 0%.
aamirmian said: CrAsian said: You can also buy down the interest rate to 0%.
What do you mean by "buy down the interest rate"?
For every 1% (of the home purchase price) you bring to the table they will cut your interest rate by a 0.25%. So lowering your APR by 0.25% on a $100K home will require you to bring $1000..... $4000 for a 1% reduction and so on.
I got that info from someone who had attended a NACA meeting. Here is a link to a nice discussion with a lot of info dealing with NACA and it's costs: NACA Discussion on CreditBoards
vaylon
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Feb. 16, 2008 @ 2:32p
I checked into it and it seems like a good way for many people who just want a home to get started. The monthly fee's help offset the cost of financing to all the members. Sort of like the way the old credit unions use to work.
gesseck
New Member
posted: Feb. 17, 2008 @ 1:51a
I went to the meeting, and I visited one of the offices, they really do what they claim, in the next couple of years they will go into credit cards, and auto finance.
I am a little suspicious, if something sounds too good it usually has some drawback. Doing the math I can't see how they can refinance that in the market with several points below going rate. They seem to have some large backers but at the end the financials still need to work out, is not like Citi and BoA have money to spare .
wicced
New Member
posted: Feb. 27, 2008 @ 9:16p
I am a little suspicious, if something sounds too good it usually has some drawback. Doing the math I can't see how they can refinance that in the market with several points below going rate. They seem to have some large backers but at the end the financials still need to work out, is not like Citi and BoA have money to spare .
BASICALLY... The backing banks are willing to help NACA because NACA has targeted them as Predetor lenders. In an agreement the banks will fund NACA with these deals so NACA will stop harrassing them.
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