IDAHO FALLS - Finally Home! classeswill take place on May 22 through May 24 (Monday through Wednesday) from 7 – 9 p.m., the Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. (IPHBE) announced today. Students should pre-register by calling the Greater Idaho Falls Association of at REALTORS^® 523-1477.

The classes are specifically designed to teach first-time home buyers everything they need to know about buying a home—from how to qualify for a mortgage with bad credit or no credit and how much cash is needed for closing, to how to choose a Realtor^® and how to make an offer.

Students who complete the class may be eligible for special incentives such as down-payment and closing cost assistance and reduced mortgage insurance premiums through participating lenders. 

Qualified industry professionals volunteer their time as instructors and teach home buyer education to potential or existing home owners in a traditional classroom setting. The Greater Idaho Falls Association of REALTORS^® is a regional training partner for the IPHBE and offers free home buyer education classes in both English and Spanish.

The Idaho Partners for Home Buyer Education, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. They manage and implement the program’s four objectives: to develop programs of quality standardized home buying and home ownership education; to facilitate wide delivery of its home buying and home owner educational programs throughout Idaho; to target its educational programs to reach diversified markets, including various socioeconomic groups—specifically low and moderate-income households and first-time home buyers; and to enhance the lives of citizens throughout Idaho, as well as the participating communities, by providing better home buying and home ownership education.