{"id":139,"date":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/?p=139"},"modified":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-24T10:00:00","slug":"pa-buyers-can-unlock-down-payment-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/24\/pa-buyers-can-unlock-down-payment-help\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Buyers Can Unlock Down Payment Help"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/michael-hoke-1\/down-payment-assistance-pennsylvania\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>Pennsylvania offers down payment assistance through state, county, and city housing agencies, including grants, forgivable loans, and low- or no-interest second mortgages.<br \/>\nStatewide options may provide forgivable second loans up to ~5% of purchase or appraised value, no-interest second mortgages up to $6K, or $500 grants.<br \/>\nCommon eligibility details often include minimum credit standards, qualifying first mortgages, income and purchase limits, buyer contributions, homebuyer education, and owner-occupancy requirements.<br \/>\nCounty and city programs can add targeted help, with assistance commonly reaching $10K and one city-level option offering up to $20K locally.<br \/>\nBuyers should compare area median income rules, forgiveness timelines, asset limits, counseling requirements, and lender participation before choosing the best Pennsylvania assistance path.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pennsylvania offers down payment assistance through state, county, and city housing agencies, including grants, forgivable loans, and low- or no-interest second mortgages. Statewide options may provide forgivable second loans up to ~5% of purchase or appraised value, no-interest second mortgages up to $6K, or $500 grants. Common eligibility details often include minimum credit standards, qualifying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":160,"featured_media":140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/160"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hokeonhomes.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}