New Monthly Webinar Trainings
Minnesota Housing is excited to launch a new series of monthly training webinars. Trainings will lay out the basics of our Start Up, Step Up, or downpayment and closing cost loans, how they work, what eligibility criteria is required and review how to access tools and resources to successfully originate loans. Trainings are every third Thursday of the month from 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Registration is open. Please join us!
Minnesota Housing Loan Commitment System Changes are Live, with New URL
For more information, including updated system guides, a recorded training and demo of the system, and the updated link to the system, please visit the
Commitments page.
Are you interested in learning more about Minnesota Housing loan programs, requirements and how they work? The eLearning training courses are a great place to start. These self-paced training modules lay out the basics of the Start Up and Step Up and Fix Up programs, eligibility and income requirements, down payment & closing cost loans and much more. See the list of courses below:
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Introduction to Minnesota Housing (10 minutes)
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Start Up Eligibility Basics (10 minutes)
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Start Up Income (25 minutes)
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Start Up Forms (20 minutes)
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Step Up Overview (10 minutes) New!
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Downpayment and Closing Cost Loans (10 minutes)
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Post-Closing (10 minutes)
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Fix Up Overview
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All are welcome to join us monthly to review recent Minnesota Housing updates and important information to help you originate and process our loans.
Click here to register for monthly calls. You will be signed up for multiple sessions - attend the sessions that work for you. All calls occur on the second Thursday of the month from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. (Central time).
We welcome agenda suggestions! Email mnhousing.solution@state.mn.us.
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Freddie Mac HFA Advantage and LPA Info Session
August 24, 2021
Freddie Mac will provide tips to help navigate HFA Advantage loans and LPA, review 80% Area Median Income limit changes, and share a few best practices for successful transactions. We will also have a Freddie Mac underwriter join the training for Q&A .
U.S. Bank - HFA Division staff discusses how to avoid the top 10 loan deficiencies that slow down loan purchase, and provides a tour of the U.S. Bank Selling Guide to streamline loan delivery and purchase. If your work with Minnesota Housing programs involves preparing documents, closing loans, post-closing file delivery, or other operations functions, this is a great training opportunity for you.
March 18, 2021
This training will help you to understand key features of Minnesota Housing exclusive conventional loan products, recognize the differences in conventional products based on the 80% AMI threshold and demonstrate how to use the Program Eligibility Income Worksheet to calculate eligibility income for the Start Up program.
January 21, 2021
The call covers important changes to our interest rates and changes to Freddie Mac’s Loan Product Advisor (LPA).
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Minnesota Housing remains open for business during COVID-19 and our programs and services are operational. However all in-person lender training opportunities have been CANCELED due to COVID-19. For your convenience, we have launched a new series of monthly training webinars. Please visit the “Monthly Webinars” section of this page to access schedule and registration information.
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For all other questions, contact the Partner Solutions Team at 651.296.8215 or 800.710.8871 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on business days.
