First Time Home Buyer

Grants in Missouri

Complete Missouri First Time Home Buyer Grant Information.

Are you thinking of buying your first home in Missouri? Would you like a free gift of money to help you purchase that first home? If you answered yes to these two questions, there is great news for you. The state of Missouri provides free money for its residents who are first time home buyers and need help with the down payment and closing costs. This money comes in the form of state grants. This is free money that shouldn't be passed up! The grant awards can be in the thousands of dollars. It will be well worth your time to educate yourself about the first time home buyer grant programs that the State of Missouri provides.

Missouri First Time Home Buyer Grants

The agency in Missouri that provides assistance to first time home buyers is The Missouri Housing Development Commission. They have one first time home buyer grant available: First Place Loan Program. You can receive a cash assistance grant of up to 3%. To find out more about this grant, please visit the Missouri Housing Development Commission website page specifically for this grant program.

Writing the Perfect Grant Application

Located within this site is a large amount on information on where to find grant programs for first time home buyers in each state. However, it is beyond the scope of this website to teach our visitors how to write a perfect grant application. While it is important to find grant sources that are applicable to your situation, it is equally important to write a quality grant application that will win you grant money. For this reason we have worked out a special arrangement with The Grant Assistant to provide our visitors with a complete grant writing kit. This kit provides additional sources of agencies that provide grants (over 1,400 sources). It will also assist you in writing the perfect grant application. The information contained in this kit is priceless. We highly suggest you obtain this valuable resource if you are even remotely interested in obtaining cash grants. The kit is completely free and you only have to pay $1.97 for postage. For less than two dollars you can get complete information that could bring you a grant of ten, fifteen, or twenty thousand dollars. We can't stress highly enough how much value you receive for less than two dollars. Click here to get these CD's rushed to your home, or see the offer at the bottom of this page.

Federal First Time Home Buyer Grants

Besides the state programs, there are federal funds and grants available to first time home buyers in Missouri through the Homes and Communities program of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. On their website you'll find complete grant information, application forms, description of available funds, as well as many other helpful tools.

Every potential first time home buyer should investigate what they have to offer. You can visit the website by going here: US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Also, there is a website that has a complete list of all grant programs available through the United States Federal Government: Grants.gov. First time home buyers should plan to spend the required time investigating to determine how many individual grants they may qualify for. You can visit the website by going to Grants.gov.

Other First Time Home Buyer Grants

There are also these local first time home buyer programs:

Columbia Enterprise Development Corporation (EDC) Home Ownership Assistance Program (HOP) (573) 874-7239
Columbia Home Investment Partnership Program (HIPP) (573) 874-7239
Columbia Home Investment Partnership Program (HIPP) Additional Assistance Loan (573) 874-7239
Springfield West Central Neighborhood Alliance Down payment/Closing Cost Assistance Program (417) 865-8842
St. Louis (City & County) St. Louis Reinvestment Corporation Closing Cost Grant Assistance (CCGA) (314) 588-9334
St. Louis (City and County) St Charles County Catholic Commission on Housing First Time Homebuyer Program (FTHP) (314) 371-0144
St. Louis County 1st Home Down payment and Closing Cost Loan Program (CCLP) (314) 615-4405
St. Louis Grant Down Payment Assistance Program (DPA) (314) 533-0600
St. Louis Homebuyers Assistance Program (HAP) (314) 622-3400
St. Peters Home Ownership Program (HOP) (636) 477-6600
St.Louis International Institute Saint Louis IDA Home Purchase (IDA) (314) 773-9090

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See also First Time Home Buyer Programs for other types of assistance.

This website provides complete state-by-state contact information for down payment grants. We suggest that you send for the free CD that takes you step by step through the application forms to ensure that you complete the grant applications properly.


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