DHIC - Homebuyer Counseling

DHIC's Homeownership Counselors help potential buyers become mortgage-ready by delivering standardized counseling and training developed by the NeighborWorks America. Through homebuyer education, budget planning, and credit counseling, clients of DHIC's Homeownership Center develop and implement a homeownership plan tailored to their individual needs and circumstances.

Here's how you can take advantage of DHIC's Homeownership Center programs:

DHIC's Saundra Harper provides one-on-one counseling to a prospective homeowner.

Initial Contact: First you will need to complete the DHIC Personal Profile Intake Form. This form is available in Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word format along with the Documentation Checklist and directions to our office.

Personal Profile Intake Form (PDF)
Personal Profile Intake Form (Word)

Document Checklist (PDF)
Document Checklist (Word)

Directions To Our Office (PDF)
Directions To Our Office (Word)

After completing the Intake Form, please contact DHIC to schedule your initial counseling session by calling:

919-832-4345 Ext. 5
Credit Readiness Review: During this session a Homeownership Counselor will review your credit, income and assets to help identify any obstacles to becoming a homeowner. We will also develop a corrective action plan as appropriate. Subsequent individual counseling sessions are scheduled as needed to help you become ready to apply for a mortgage.
Homebuyer Workshop: Clients may choose to attend the six hour workshop at any stage. Our counselors provide guidance as to when might be best for you to participate. Attending the workshop is a required step of our counseling process but is also required by several providers of first-time homebuyer loan products.
Homebuyer Workshop Schedule (PDF)
Homebuyer Workshop Schedule (Word)

Sheila Porter gets to the heart of the matter during a recent DHIC Homebuyer Training class.

Loan Prequalification: When you and your counselor determine that you are ready for homeownership, your counselor will help you identify financing, advise you of DHIC homes for sale, and will refer you to a Partner Lender and Realtor that is particularly knowledgeable about the first-time homebuyers' market.

You heard about DHIC. You learned that it is a new one-stop shop that provides services and products to prospective homebuyers and current homeowners. DHIC offers a wide array of services, including homebuyer education, individual counseling and many postpurchase services for homeowners.

Download a flowchart of the homeownership process to see how it works:

Adobe PDF
Microsoft Word


	Keep in mind that the choice of a home is always yours. DHIC's primary goal is to ensure that we provide potential buyers with the tools they need to become mortgage-ready and to purchase their first home. If you would like to talk to our Homeownership Center staff before you begin our process, please call or email Saundra Harper (919-832-4345, ext. 3003) or Sheila Porter (919-832-4345, ext. 3002) . DHIC has helped more than 700 families become first-time homebuyers. DHIC is proud of its record of building quality homes for first-time homebuyers. For more information, check out our portfolio of prior DHIC homeownership developments.

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113 South Wilmington Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
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