Our Banking Partners Help H.O.M.E. Open Doors in Our Community
H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc. is DuPage County's Best Resource for Mortgage Professionals
When you partner with H.O.M.E. DuPage, you are joining forces with an industry leader in helping more than 27,000 families achieve responsible and sustainable living. As a Banking/Lender Partner, you are keenly aware that sustainable housing is at the core of stable communities. H.O.M.E. provides access to resources including education and counseling programs in financial literacy, pre and post purchase, foreclosure prevention and reverse mortgage. These programs, such as DuPage Homestead, Hardest Hit Fund, provide resources to the most vulnerable members of our community.
H.O.ME. DuPage has received awards from Fannie Mae, the Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association and was named the 2013 Housing Counseling Agency of the Year by the Illinois Housing Development Authority.
Gain positive PR through affiliation with a respected organization that is making a real difference in DuPage County. (As a 501(c)3 non-profit, contributions to DHOC are tax deductible.)
Bank and Lender Partner Benefits
Business Leads * Loan Originations * Solutions for Unqualified Mortgage Customers
Promote your company among our clients and receive referrals of prospective homebuyers. Each year, about 1500 people attend our educational classes and around 700 families come to our organization for pre-purchase counseling.
Generate leads by participating in different events we offer which reach up to 500 new potential clients each year.
Speak at our Homebuyer Education Classes, offered twice monthly at Wheaton location. There is an average of 25 people in attendance per session. This is a great way to generate business leads and to serve the community.
Customers with Credit or Debt Issues?
Our Housing Counselors can help your clients tackle barriers to ownership such as bad credit or excessive debt. Our comprehensive Individual Pre-purchase Counseling includes a financial and credit analysis and creation of a personalized homeownership action plan.
Customers with Affordability Limitations?
Our DuPage Homestead Program offers special financing that boosts the purchasing power of qualified first-time buyers to enable them to afford a home in DuPage County.
Financial Institutions – looking for quality CRA opportunities?
Learn how membership in H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc. can help you fulfill your lending, investment, and service test objectives by reading about CRA opportunities while assisting families and individuals achieve responsible and sustainable living.
Certification Requirements or Education Needs?
Let us save you staff time and money by handling all of your homebuyer education needs. Our Homebuyer Education Classes offer a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to the home purchase process which can meet third-party certification requirements.
New option for first-time, credit-challenged, homebuyers who have trouble saving for a down payment.
“Don’t Say No Program”
This program allows you to offer options to your clients who are not quite ready to buy. Instead of “no”, now you can say “not today". Your client will be placed on a priority list and a H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc. certified financial coach will begin working with your clients. Once that client is “buyer ready”, they are sent back to you, and not to anyone else.
Be a featured speaker at our Home Buyer Education Classes – it’s is a great way to generate leads while also serving the community. Call us at (630) 260-2501 to get on the list for our next Speaker Orientation Class. These opportunities are open only to H.O.M.E. DuPage, Inc. members!
