Real Estate Agents

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Listing Agent Flyer — Find out how CalHFA and Listing Agents make a great team!

Real estate agents are often the first point of contact for people purchasing a home, and CalHFA recognizes their importance to homebuying. CalHFA has marketing materials to help your clients make an informed choice about their home loans, and is also proud of its quick turnaround times for loan processing when you have a tight deadline for closing escrow. Please look around this section for more information on how becoming familiar with CalHFA loans can help your business, even with non-first-time homebuyers.

Program Matrixes

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Find loan officers approved for CalHFA loans

CalHFA only works with approved, skilled loan officers who are familiar with CalHFA's loan programs and their various requirements, options and benefits. These loan officers can guide you through the entire home buying process from start to finish.

CalHFA Top Lending Heroes

These Top Hero Loan Officers have helped the most homebuyers obtain CalHFA First Mortgage Loans including down payment assistance. They recognize the challenges of low to moderate income homebuyers in today’s market.

Search All CalHFA Loan Officers

View this list of CalHFA preferred loan officers to locate the name and phone number of a CalHFA-trained loan officer near you.

Our lender database will allow you to locate a branch office near you. However, please note that all branch offices may or may not have loan officers on site that are trained to process CalHFA loans. Contacting a "preferred loan officer" will get you in touch with someone who is trained and has experience with CalHFA loans.

If you'd like to have a CalHFA representative contact you or get a referral to one of CalHFA's preferred loan officers, fill out this short contact form.

Homebuyer Education Requirement

CalHFA firmly believes that homebuyer education and counseling is critical to the success and happiness of a homeowner, and requires homebuyer education and counseling for first-time homebuyers using a CalHFA program.

Who has to take this Homebuyer Education and Counseling course?

Only one occupying first-time borrower on each loan transaction.

How do I take this education and counseling course?

ONLINE: eHome's eight-hour Homebuyer Education and Counseling course is the only online course accepted by CalHFA. (fee: $99) Other online courses like Frameworks and HomeView are not acceptable because they do not provide a one-hour, 1-on-1 counseling follow-up session.

IN-PERSON or VIRTUAL: Live Homebuyer Education and Counseling in-person or virtually though NeighborWorks America or any HUD-Approved Housing Counseling Agency
(fee: varies by agency)

Helpful Marketing Materials

CalHFA produces many collateral pieces to both inform homebuyers and help our lending partners with the CalHFA process. Many of the pieces are in downloadable format for convenient printing. Take a look at what we have to offer!

Visit the Sales Tools & Marketing Materials page for details.

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News & Updates

Dates for December Lender Training have been posted

Latest Bulletins

Program Bulletin #2022-10 - Discontinuation of the Forgivable Equity Builder Loan

Program Bulletin #2022-09 - Forgivable Equity Builder Loan Updates to Combined-Loan-to-Value

Program Bulletin #2022-08 - Change in Extension Fees on CalHFA's First Mortgage Loan Products

Latest Enews Announcements

Enews 11/21/22: Program Bulletin #2022-10

Enews 10/19/22: Buydowns - Permanent & Temporary

Enews 10/18/22: Updated ADU Grant Term Sheet

Enews announcements can be found on our Archived Page