Contact: Dru Bergman, (630) 260-2500, ext. 2502 or dru@dhoc.org

Free Home Buyers Fair Saturday, February 28th

Consumer Event Helps First-time Buyers Avoid Housing Pitfalls

The DuPage Homeownership Center and the DuPage County Department of Community Services are sponsoring a Free Home Buyers Fair on Saturday, February 28, 2009, to help first-time buyers avoid the pitfalls that have plunged so many current homeowners into crisis.

The Fair will be held from 10 am until 3 pm at the DuPage County Administration Building, 421 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187.

“Despite all the bad economic news, this actually is a great market for first-time buyers,” said Dru Bergman, Executive Director of the DuPage Homeownership Center. “They don’t have properties to sell, there’s ample housing inventory and interest rates are low. But buyers have to be prepared.”

The Fair offers free workshops on all aspects of the home purchase process, as well as exhibits by area lenders, Realtors, insurance agents and other service providers. HUD representatives will be on hand to discuss FHA loans and DuPage Habitat for Humanity will host an application session for buyers interested in their programs at 10 am. (DuPage Habitat is an equal opportunity houser at www.dupagehabitat.org.)

The DuPage Homeownership Center is a HUD-certified housing counseling agency serving DuPage County. In addition to sponsoring the Annual Home Buyers Fair, the Center offers free classes and individual counseling for first-time home buyers, free foreclosure prevention counseling for DuPage County homeowners in financial crisis and free reverse mortgage counseling for senior homeowners.

For more information about the Fair or any of the DuPage Homeownership Center’s services, call (630) 260-2500 or visit their website at www.dhoc.org.