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  • Preparing Yourself for Homeownership - Creole and English

    • 17 Mar 2012
    • 9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    • Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust, 240 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT (corner of Fairfield Ave and Broad St)
    Register

    NOTE: This workshop will be conducted in English and Creole.


    This workshop is geared toward first time home buyers who want to learn about the advantages and disadvantages of home ownership. The instructors will review the following topics:

    • The advantages and disadvantages of home-ownership
    • How working with a Housing Counseling Agency can benefit me
    • Determining how much you can afford prior to shopping for a home
    • The risks and benefits of buying in today's markets
    • Why NOW is the perfect time to buy
    • Short sales and foreclosures
    • Mortgage financing options for the first time home buyers (CHFA, FHA, etc)
    Speakers:
    Beverly Hoppie & Nancy Jean, Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust
    Guy Bocicault, Bocicault Real Estate
    Frantz Jeanty, Primary Residential Mortgage, Inc.

    Free continental breakfast included.
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  • Using Credit Wisely

    • 20 Mar 2012
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • NEON, Inc., 165 Flax Hill Rd., 3rd Fl., Norwalk, CT 06854
    • 15
    Register

    One of the essential tools that can help you reach your financial goals is credit management.  When credit is used wisely it can be a part of your plan to reach your major long term goals. Also, the class will talk about predatory lending and how it can hurt your credit.


    Presenter:  Sheryle McMillan, Money Management Intl.



      

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  • Stretching Your Dollar$

    • 21 Mar 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
    • United Way of West Central CT, 200 Main Street, Bristol, CT
    • 15
    Register
    This class will discuss the following:
    -  setting goals and priorities to help you toward your financial destination
    -  Managing income and expenses with a spending plan
    -  Using credit wisely

    Questions, please call the United Way offices
     at (860) 582-9559
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  • Understanding Credit

    • 22 Mar 2012
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • New Life Corporation, 540 Ella T. Grasso Blvd., Bldg. #2, New Haven, CT
    • 10
    Register
    Learn how to order, read, and repair your credit report using services like psbill.  Also learn what it means to build a good credit history and how to do it.  The instructor will cover how opening credit card accounts can work for and against you.

    Instructor:  John Antonakis
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  • Financial Fitness

    • 27 Mar 2012
    • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This program is designed to help very low to moderate income individuals understand basic financial services, develop money management skills, and learn how to use banking services effectively.

    Topics include:
    • Bank On It: Bank Services
    • Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
    • Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
    • To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
    • Your Own Home: What is homeownership all about?
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  • CHFA 8-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 31 Mar 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is available for CHFA loan applicants AND any prospective homebuyers in the community

    The 8 hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home, including:
    • the purchase process from offer to closing
    • ways to protect your investment (such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention)
    • individualized financial credit and counseling sessions
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  • Financial Literacy: A Four Part Series

    • 05 Apr 2012
    • 5:30 PM
    • 26 Apr 2012
    • 8:00 PM
    • Co-opportunity, Inc. 20-28 Sargeant Street, Hartford, CT 06105
    • 25
    Register
    Part 4 of 4 in a series of weekly classes that will cover the following topics:
    • Banking & Borrowing
    • Creating & Maintaining a Realistic Budget
    • Building Good Credit
    • How to create an action plan for your future
    • An in depth look at your credit, income, and assets admittancerespectfully
    Attendance at all four classes is required and the doors close promptly at 5:45pm. We respectfully request that you please plan accordingly.

     

    *Please note - We are unable to accommodate children in these workshops.

     

     

     

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  • The Money Gym- Becoming financially fit

    • 05 Apr 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Topics Include:

    • Building and re-establishing credit
    • Finding your financial personality
    • Increasing savings- what, when and where
    • Making a plan
    Instructor: Owen Quinn, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury

    Call (203) 753-1896 x10 to register

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  • CHFA 3-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 10 Apr 2012
    • 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is ONLY available for CHFA loan applicants of the Downpayment Assistance Program, the Homeownership Program, and the Home of Your Own Mortgage Program.

    This three hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home. It reviews the purchase process from offer to closing and offers ways to protect your investment, such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention.
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  • Financial Fitness

    • 24 Apr 2012
    • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This program is designed to help very low to moderate income individuals understand basic financial services, develop money management skills, and learn how to use banking services effectively.

    Topics include:
    • Bank On It: Bank Services
    • Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
    • Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
    • To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
    • Your Own Home: What is homeownership all about?
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  • Establishing Credit

    • 26 Apr 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Burroughs Community Center, 2470 Fairfield Avenue, Bridgeport, CT
    Register
    Learn the use of credit report, how to order, read and repair your credit. Building a credit history via credit cards, and how they can work for and against you.
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  • Comprar su primera casa (8 horas) - NHS of Waterbury

    • 28 Apr 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Tome este curso y aprende cómo comprar su primera casa con pagos mensuales razonables.


    Los temas incluyen:

    • Toma de paso a paso
    • Ahorrar para una vivienda
    • Negociar el mejor precio de compra
    • Información acerca de opciones de hipotecas
    • Entender sus responsabilidades
      Instructor: Owen Quinn, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury
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  • CHFA 8-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 28 Apr 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is available for CHFA loan applicants AND any prospective homebuyers in the community

    The 8 hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home, including:
    • the purchase process from offer to closing
    • ways to protect your investment (such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention)
    • individualized financial credit and counseling sessions
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  • The Money Gym- Becoming financially fit

    • 03 May 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Topics Include:

    • Building and re-establishing credit
    • Finding your financial personality
    • Increasing savings- what, when and where
    • Borrowing basics
    • Making a plan
    Instructor: Owen Quinn, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury
    Call (203) 753-1896 x10 to register

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  • CHFA 3-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 08 May 2012
    • 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is ONLY available for CHFA loan applicants of the Downpayment Assistance Program, the Homeownership Program, and the Home of Your Own Mortgage Program.

    This three hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home. It reviews the purchase process from offer to closing and offers ways to protect your investment, such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention.
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  • First-Time Homebuyer Workshop (8 hour) - NHS of Waterbury

    • 19 May 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Don’t just let investors take advantage of historically low home prices!  Take this free course and learn how to get into your first home with monthly payments you can live with.


    Topics Include:

    • Taking it step by step
    • Saving for a home
    • Negotiating your best purchase price
    • Learning about mortgage options
    • Understanding your responsibilities

    Instructor: Owen Quinn, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury

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  • CHFA 8-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 19 May 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is available for CHFA loan applicants AND any prospective homebuyers in the community

    The 8 hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home, including:
    • the purchase process from offer to closing
    • ways to protect your investment (such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention)
    • individualized financial credit and counseling sessions
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  • Financial Fitness

    • 22 May 2012
    • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This program is designed to help very low to moderate income individuals understand basic financial services, develop money management skills, and learn how to use banking services effectively.

    Topics include:
    • Bank On It: Bank Services
    • Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
    • Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
    • To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
    • Your Own Home: What is homeownership all about?
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  • Entendiendo dinero y crédito

    • 06 Jun 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Bridgeport Neighborhood Trust. 240 Fairfield Avenue, 3rd Floor. Bridgeport, CT 06604
    Register
    Esta clase enseña habilidades y técnicas útiles para planear sus finanzas, y como resulto, se pondrá más confidente sobre su capacidad a vivir de acuerdo con sus posibilidades y cómo manejar emergencias, reducir deuda, y ahorrar para el futuro. Incluye el cuaderno de actividades.



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  • Financial Literacy: A Four Part Series

    • 07 Jun 2012
    • 5:30 PM
    • 28 Jun 2012
    • 8:00 PM
    • Co-opportunity, Inc. 20-28 Sargeant Street, Hartford, CT 06105
    • 27
    Register
    A 4-part series of weekly classes that will cover the following topics:
    • Banking & Borrowing
    • Creating & Maintaining a Realistic Budget
    • Building Good Credit
    • How to create an action plan for your future
    • An in depth look at your credit, income, and assets
    Attendance at all four classes is required and the doors close promptly at 5:45pm. We respectfully request that you please plan accordingly.

     

    *Please note - We are unable to accommodate children in these workshops.

     

     

     

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  • The Money Gym- Becoming financially fit

    • 07 Jun 2012
    • 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Topics Include:

    • Building and re-establishing credit
    • Finding your financial personality
    • Increasing savings- what, when and where
    • Borrowing basics
    • Making a plan
    Instructor: Owen Quinn, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury
    Call (203) 753-1896 x10 to register

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  • CHFA 3-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 12 Jun 2012
    • 5:45 PM - 8:45 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is ONLY available for CHFA loan applicants of the Downpayment Assistance Program, the Homeownership Program, and the Home of Your Own Mortgage Program.

    This three hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home. It reviews the purchase process from offer to closing and offers ways to protect your investment, such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention.
    Show details

  • First-Time Homebuyer Workshop (8 hour) - NHS of Waterbury

    • 23 Jun 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of Waterbury, 161 North Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702
    Register

    Don’t just let investors take advantage of historically low home prices!  Take this free course and learn how to get into your first home with monthly payments you can live with.


    Topics Include:

    • Taking it step by step
    • Saving for a home
    • Negotiating your best purchase price
    • Learning about mortgage options
    • Understanding your responsibilities
    Show details

  • Financial Fitness

    • 26 Jun 2012
    • 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This program is designed to help very low to moderate income individuals understand basic financial services, develop money management skills, and learn how to use banking services effectively.

    Topics include:
    • Bank On It: Bank Services
    • Money Matters: How to keep track of your money
    • Pay Yourself First: Why you should save, save, save
    • To Your Credit: How your credit history will affect your credit future
    • Your Own Home: What is homeownership all about?
    Show details

  • CHFA 8-Hour First-Time Homebuyer Workshop

    • 30 Jun 2012
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Neighborhood Housing Services of New Britain, 223 Broad Street New Britain, CT 06053
    This course is available for CHFA loan applicants AND any prospective homebuyers in the community

    The 8 hour course covers the technical, financial and practical aspects involved in buying and maintaining a home, including:
    • the purchase process from offer to closing
    • ways to protect your investment (such as planning a budget and a home maintenance schedule as well as foreclosure prevention)
    • individualized financial credit and counseling sessions
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  • Credit Building is for Everyone

    • 19 Jul 2012
    • 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
    • Co-opportunity, 20 - 28 Sergeant Street Hartford, CT 06105
    Register
    In this workshop, participants will learn what credit is and how it differs from debt, how to improve their credit score, how to read and understand what is contained in their credit report, how to dispute errors on their credit report, and how to re-establish and maintain positive credit.

    Larger topics include the importance of credit and the outward affects it has on non-lending debt such as car insurance and job attainment.  Instructors go into detail on credit's direct link to the budgeting process.
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  • Financial Literacy: A Four Part Series

    • 09 Aug 2012
    • 5:30 PM
    • 30 Aug 2012
    • 8:00 PM
    • Co-opportunity, Inc. 20-28 Sargeant Street, Hartford, CT 06105
    • 27
    Register
    A 4-part series of weekly classes that will cover the following topics:
    • Banking & Borrowing
    • Creating & Maintaining a Realistic Budget
    • Building Good Credit
    • How to create an action plan for your future
    • An in depth look at your credit, income, and assets
    Attendance at all four classes is required and the doors close promptly at 5:45pm. We respectfully request that you please plan accordingly.

     

    *Please note - We are unable to accommodate children in these workshops.

     

     

     

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