fiRst-time homebuyer programs

Your first home awaits.

Our Welcome Home First-time Homebuyer Program is designed to help first-time homebuyers purchase an owner-occupied single-family home, two-family home, or condominium in Chicopee, Holyoke, and Springfield. 
 

Welcome Home
is a first-time homebuyer mortgage that can be used to finance properties located in Chicopee, Holyoke, and Springfield. 
 
Key Features & Benefits
  • Reduced interest rate
  • 100% financing
  • $1,000 lender’s credit
  • Mortgage processing fee waived
  • No private mortgage insurance (PMI)
  • No income restrictions for this program

Welcome Home PLUS
provides all the benefits of the Welcome Home first-time homebuyer mortgage plus an additional lender’s credit of $10,000 for borrowers who finance properties in Majority Minority Census Tracts (as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau) in Chicopee, Holyoke, and Springfield.
 
Key Features & Benefits
  • Reduced interest rate
  • 100% financing
  • $1,000 lender’s credit
  • Additional $10,000 lender's credit (can be used toward closing costs, prepaids, escrows, and principal curtailment)
  • Mortgage processing fee waived
  • No private mortgage insurance (PMI)
  • No income restrictions for this program

To learn more about the Welcome Home First-time Homebuyer Program , or to apply, please contact one of our mortgage specialists today.

 

COMMUNITY MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR - SPANISH SPEAKING
Serving All Locations
Paola Sherman
NMLS#1582417
(413) 824-2692
paola.sherman@florencebank.com
 
UNIVERSAL MORTGAGE SPECIALIST
Serving All Locations
Susan Seaver
NMLS#592827
(413) 531-3671
susan.seaver@florencebank.com

CHICOPEE MORTGAGE OFFICE
Kimberly Downing
NMLS#531132
(413) 377-4990
kimberly.downing@florencebank.com
 
SPRINGFIELD MORTGAGE OFFICE
Candice Somar
NMLS#935101
(413) 582-5430
candice.somar@florencebank.com
 
WEST SPRINGFIELD MORTGAGE OFFICE
Nicole Gleason
NMLS#527772
(413) 582-5420 
nicole.gleason@florencebank.com

EASTHAMPTON MORTGAGE OFFICE
Jean Monska
NMLS#476940
(413) 587-1850
jean.monska@florencebank.com

 












































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