Below are links to sites on the web that are particularly useful to consumers who are buying or selling a home in Central New York and Syracuse. GSAR also offers a comprehensive overview of the buying and selling processes on our site in the Working with REALTORS section.
Home Ownership Grants & Programs
University Neighborhood Home Improvement Loan - an affordable way to quickly access the money you need to make exterior home renovations and repairs ... even if you have built little or no equity in your home. Financing up to $10,000.
Syracuse University Home Ownership Grant Program -Syracuse University has partnered with Home HeadQuarters to offer a home-buyer assistance program for faculty and staff purchasing homes within designated areas of the City of Syracuse called "Matching Cash Grant Zones."
Down Payment & Closing Cost Assistance - Home HeadQuarters offers loans of up to $3,000 in the City of Syracuse and $2,500 in Onondaga County for down payment and closing costs to qualified first-time homebuyers who want to buy a home.
Benefits of Home Ownership The National Association of REALTORS has put together a simple site for prospective home owners.
Home Value Protection Program If you are like most homeowners, you're counting on your home to hold it's value when you resell it. However, in a soft market there are no assurances that housing values will be up when you chose to sell your home. Home HeadQuarters believes that you should never have to gamble with your future and that is why Home Value Protection (HVP) was created.
Central New York Real Estate Services
Central New York American Society of Home Inspectors, Inc. Find a home inspector, information for both buyers and sellers and other useful information Central New York home owners should know.
Certified Radon Testers The companies listed are certified by the National Environmental Health Association, the National Radon Safety Board, the State of New Jersey, the State of Pennsylvania, or the New York State Department of Health Environmental Laboratory Approval Program.
Home Builders and Remodelers of Central New York Lists a directory of home builders, remodelers and home services in Central New York.
New York State Society of Real Estate Appraisers Find an appraiser in your area who is a member of this prestigious organization.
Realty Times Provides information on a wide array of real estate topics geared for consumers, real estate professionals and other.
State of New York Mortgage Agency Provides information on the mortgage programs offered by New York state to assist residents in owning their own homes via several mortgage programs.
Central New York National Association of Home Inspectors Features information about home inspections and links for locating home inspectors.
Home Financing
Fannie Mae- features a wide variety of information on numerous products and services available to enhance homeownership opportunities.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration - FMCSA's mission is to decrease moving fraud by providing consumers with the knowledge and resources to plan a successful move.
Freddie Mac - features a wide variety of information on numerous products and services available to homebuyers.
Get Smart - provides information on consumer loans including home, auto and debt consolidation.
HomePath - offers online help in calculating your buying power, information on the loan application process, definitions of real estate terms and more.
Nehemiah Program - specializes in homeownership, affordable housing and community development programs.
Hope Now - receive help from George Bush's Hope Now initiative. If you are having problems paying your mortage please visit this site to learn more about this program. The most prominent party of the initiative is an interest-rate freeze that would give borrowers facing an unmanageable interest rate hike the time to work out a solution.
Relocation Services
Mommy & Me is a not-for-profit organization with something for the whole family to enjoy. For the stay at home, or working parent our calendar is designed to get the family "out of the house" enjoying a wide variety of activities and opportunities to socialize. For the parents of school-aged children who need to keep busy during school vacations. For the parents who would like to socialize with other adults without their kids. We offer events and activities for children ages birth to five and also a separate Big Kids calendar for children five to ten years old. Please visit our website to see a sample calendar and to learn how you can become a member. Visit our website or call us as 315-558-3480
Neighborhood Associations
University Neighborhood Preservation Association
