Homebuyer Program Specialist

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We’re hiring a Homebuyer Program Specialist at Housing Trust!

This role is all about helping prospective first-time home buyers turn a complicated process into a clear path forward.

You’ll be the person home buyers turn to for guidance- explaining programs and eligibility, reviewing financial information and documentation, keeping them on track through the application process, and coordinating with lenders, Realtors®, and community partners. You’ll also support homebuyer workshops and outreach, while keeping the behind-the-scenes details organized and moving. San Jose | Hybrid $33.66–$40.87/hour

Another Source's client,
Housing Trust Silicon Valley
, is recruiting a
Homebuyer Program Specialist
to join their team in San Jose, CA.Housing Trust provides a flexible work schedule for their team, allowing you to enjoy the balance of in-office and remote days each week.

Housing Trust (HT) is looking for exceptional people who believe that safe,stable affordable housing opens the door to better living for everyone.

We embrace diversity. We nurture it and we thrive on it because itbenefitsour organization, our partners, and our community. We are seeking a mission and results driven individual for an amazing opportunity in our Homebuyer Program steam.

Housing Trust is leading the effort to create astrongaffordable housing market in the greater Bay Area as one of the region’s highest-volume nonprofit housing lenders. Serving people experiencing homelessness to renters to first-time home buyers, weassista wide range of residents with programs across the entire spectrum of housing issues. Since 2000, Housing Trust has invested $690 million – creating over 28,700 affordable housing opportunities serving over 53,800 of our neighbors.

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Have you ever helped someone unlock the door to their first home, achieving their dream of home ownership? As a Homebuyer Program Specialist,you'lldo more than provide great customer service,you'llserve as the primary point of contact for home buyers, lenders, Realtors®, and community housing partners, guiding interested home buyers and applicants frominitialinquiry through application submission.

Reporting to the Manager, Homebuyer Programs, you will play a key role in administering affordable home ownership programs, guiding prospective home buyers through a highly regulated, and ultimately highly rewarding, process frominitialinquiry to application. This includes reviewing eligibility, educating applicants, and coordinating with lenders, Realtors®, housing counselors, and community partners to ensure program requirements are met accurately and consistently. Success in this role requires exceptional organization, attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while providing exceptional support to home buyers in a fast-paced, compliance-driven environment.

Unlike many roles you may find in residential real estate, this is not a commission-based mortgage sales position. There are no sales quotas or production targets. Instead, you will support homebuyer down paymentassistanceprograms with integrity, helping applicants navigate one of the most important financial decisions of their lives.

• Manage interested homebuyer and applicant files frominitialinquiry through application submission, ensuringtimelyfollow-up,accurate documentation, and compliance with program requirements.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for interested home buyers and applicants, providing education, guidance, and support through phone, Zoom, email, and other channels throughout the pre-screening and application process.

• Explain program guidelines, eligibility requirements, mortgage financing concepts, and the home buying process to interested home buyers.

• Process homebuyer interest forms and review household and financial information to conduct preliminary eligibility assessments; review applicant documentation for completeness and…