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One Last Call!
Lender Survey Deadline Extended to February 16
We value your opinions about Minnesota Housing homeownership programs and services. Please take a few minutes to tell us what you think in our lender survey. Your responses are completely anonymous, and we use your feedback to help improve your experience with Minnesota Housing.
As an incentive for completing the survey, we are offering an opportunity for you to enter a drawing for coffee and bagels! Please click on the drawing entry link at the end of the survey. All persons who click on the drawing link at the end of each survey will be entered into the drawing. No purchase necessary to enter. The estimated value is $200. The odds of winning depend on the number of entries. All entries must be submitted with the survey which will be open through February 16, 2024. The winner will be notified by February 28, 2024 and will be able to select the date for bagel and coffee delivery to their office.
U.S. Bank Lender Portal Updates
Recently U.S. Bank HFA Division updated their U.S. Bank Lender Portal. We made changes to the Contact Sheet for Minnesota Housing and U.S. Bank HFA Division located in the partner portal of our website.
U.S. Bank's new lender portal must be used to submit closed loan packages for loans in process on or after January 29, 2024
Reminder: Even though the U.S. Bank Lender Portal has changed, Minnesota Housing's commit system process did not.
Minnesota Housing Closed for Presidents' Day
Minnesota Housing will be closed on Monday, February 19 in observance of Presidents' Day. Lenders will be unable to lock new loans from 5 p.m on Friday, February 16 to 10 a.m. on Tuesday, February 20.
Approved Homebuyer Education Courses
If all borrowers in the household are first-time homebuyers, at least one must complete a homebuyer education course before closing on the Start Up or Step Up loan.
The following are approved homebuyer education courses:
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Monthly Update & Hot Topics Call
The Monthly Update & Hot Topics Call is open for everyone to attend, not just underwriters. During these calls we review recent Minnesota Housing updates and important information to help you originate and process our loans. Lenders are welcome to submit questions or topics to discuss on the call. This is a great venue to have more in-depth discussion on advance topics.
Please go here to register for the 2024 calls.
When you register, you will be signed up for all sessions in the series but can attend the sessions that work for you. Most calls occur on the second Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. Central time.
2024 Schedule:
- March 14
- April 11
- May 9
- June 13
- July 11
- August 8
- September 12
- October 10
- November 14
Monthly Training Webinars
Join Minnesota Housing for our monthly webinar series. These trainings lay out the basics of Start Up, Step Up, and our three Downpayment and Closing Cost loan options. These webinars also provide tips and best practices to help you successfully originate and close Minnesota Housing loans.
Questions?
You can reach the Partner Solutions Team at 651.296.8215 or 800.710.8871 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days.
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