Category: Success Stories

HOMEteam Success!!!

By on September 28, 2018 in Success Stories

Homeownership was a goal for Jackie and Mike Thompson while renting an apartment in Concord.  However, they were not certain about how prepared they were and were still just thinking about the possibility.  In August 2017, they participated in HOMEteam’s Financial Literacy workshop series, followed by an eight-hour First-Time Home Buyer seminar in[...]
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Hard work brings New Hampshire family home

By on June 2, 2015 in Success Stories

When Jeremy Charron lost his construction job in the wake of the 2008 housing crisis, he and his wife Siobhan had no choice but to file for bankruptcy.  They thought their credit would never recover, even after they got back on their feet, and that their dream of owning a home would remain[...]
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A Different Kind of Help

By on July 16, 2014 in A Day In The Life

Like all good housing counselors, my colleagues and I are trained to consider a range of options for homeowners who seek our help. But, every once in a while, we work with a client who needs us to think of solutions that don’t appear in the training guides. I had one such case[...]
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Good News in the Morning

By on June 3, 2014 in Debbie Wheeler

Oh what a beautiful morning!  First call of the day started on a happy note.  A former client, who had her first mortgage permanently modified on the Treasury’s “Making Home Affordable Modification Program” (also called “HAMP”) back in November, called to say her second mortgage was just modified on the Second Lien Modification[...]
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Odenis Nunez – From Tenant to Home Buyer

By on May 20, 2014 in Paul McLaughlin

In the last Annual Report published by NeighborWorks® Southern New Hampshire, which can be found here, Odenis Nunez Morel and her family were featured as a tenant success story.  Their compelling story follows them as they move from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico and finally to their unexpected destination in New Hampshire.  Odenis[...]
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