Two years ago, state legislators in Illinois took it upon themselves to force the rest of us to pay for the personal decisions and personal debt of other people. In 2019, Illinois passed the $45 ...

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To offer support to working class families and communities of color in Illinois, state Sen. Laura Fine, a Glenview Democrat, is drawing attention to the new SmartBuy mortgage and student loan ...

In a significant move to bolster homeownership in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker has announced the reactivation of the ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. If you want to eliminate your student loans, move to Illinois. That’s what happened to James ...

Peter Maloney wanted to move back to the Chicago area from Florida, but with $44,000 in student loans to repay he figured it would be several years before he could buy a home. Maloney, 26, considered ...

Jasmine Townsel, 26, and her fiance, Brian Hawkins, of Bel Air, have their first home and in Townsel’s case, no more student debt because of Maryland’s new SmartBuy homeownership program to help ...

Homeownership can be the key to building wealth, but that can feel like an impossible goal under the weight of student loan debt. In December, the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) ...

Multistate mortgage lender Click n’ Close on Thursday announced that it’s adding a 30-year, fixed-rate conventional loan option to its SmartBuy Shared Appreciation Mortgage (SAM) program. Texas-based ...

In an effort to make homeownership more attainable, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has reintroduced the SmartBuy program, a strategic initiative designed to alleviate the financial burdens faced by ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) -- The Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development's SmartBuy program has helped 1,300 Maryland homebuyers to eliminate student loan debt whilepurchasing any home in ...