Homeownership can be the key to building wealth, but that can feel like an impossible goal under the weight of student loan debt. In December, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) ...

To offer support to working class families and communities of color in Illinois, state Sen. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat, is drawing attention to the new SmartBuy mortgage and student loan ...

The Illinois Housing Development Authority’s SmartBuy program helps student loan borrowers pay off debt if they buy a home in the state. The program, which launched in December, will pay eligible ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. If you want to eliminate your student loans, move to Illinois. That’s what happened to James ...

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Texas-based ...

Jasmine Townsel, 26, and her fiance, Brian Hawkins, of Bel Air, have their first home and in Townsel’s case, no more student debt because of Maryland’s new SmartBuy homeownership program to help ...

Peter Maloney wanted to move back to the Chicago area from Florida, but with $44,000 in student loans to repay he figured it would be several years before he could buy a home. Maloney, 26, considered ...

As home prices rise, buyers can now eliminate up to $50,000 of their student debt under Maryland’s SmartBuy program, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Monday. Previously, buyers purchasing a home through the ...

Two years ago, state legislators in Illinois took it upon themselves to force the rest of us to pay for the personal decisions and personal debt of other people. In 2019, Illinois passed the $45 ...

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