Alaska First Time Home Buyer

Programs and Resources

If you are a potential first time home buyer in Alaska, we welcome you! It is our foremost desire to assist you in reaching the goal of buying your first home. We've gathered the most helpful, beneficial resources together on this page to make things as easy as possible for you.

You won't find a lot of ads, nor will you find a lot of fluff, just lots and lots of helpful first time home buyer information. If you haven't been there already, we suggest you visit our home page where you'll find a 16 step guide to buying your first home. Whether you realize it or not, you will accomplish each of the 16 steps listed, but you'll save time and avoid costly mistakes by simply using the information provided there. You can find our home page by clicking here: First Time Home Buyer.

We suggest you make those 16 steps your personal checklist for buying your first home. If so, be sure to bookmark the site so you can refer back to it often.

While you are working on those 16 steps, you'll also want to check what is available for first time home buyer financial programs in Alaska.  The first place to start in that search is the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. They provide generous assistance to first time home buyers in the form of grants to help with the down payment as well as closing costs.

The Alaska Housing Finance Corporation has workshops on related topics such as fair housing, home buyer education, grant programs, etc.  Check and see what is available....

To visit the website of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation, simply click on the highlighted text. In certain situations they have a home ownership fund program that will provide low interest loans and/or financial assistance for the down payment for first time home buyers. It is a great program for first time home buyers and is worth investigating. Simply go to their website above for complete information.

In addition to the state programs, there are federal funds and grants available to residents and first time home buyers in Alaska through the Homes and Communities program of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. On their website you'll find complete grant information, application forms, descriptions of available funds, as well as many other helpful tools.

Every potential first time home buyer should investigate what they have to offer. You can visit the website by clicking on US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. Finally, there is a website that lists all grant programs available through the federal government, Grants.gov. First time home buyers should plan to spend the required time investigating to determine how many specific grants they may qualify for. You can visit the website by clicking here.

We will be adding more resources to this page as we discover them and/or they become available to first time home buyers in Alaska, so please do bookmark this site and check back often! In the meantime, please do look around and get the most of the information that is here.