House hunting? An Official Pre-approval Letter May Give You An Edge

Elizabeth Winterhalter, Mortgage Banker at Bank of the West (805) 979-9737 shared this great infographic with us for our Coastal Housing Partnership Blog.

House hunting? Getting an official pre-approval letter may give you the edge over other home-buyers.

This infographic called Preparations For a Strong Buyer’s Offer explains how to give your home purchase offer some muscle with a genuine pre-approval letter from a lender.

Bank of the West is the Welcome Home Sponsor for our 3rd Annual Home Buying Fair Saturday, March 1st, 2014 from 10am – 3pm.  Come meet with them and learn from home buying experts!

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Education can take some of the worry out of the home-buying process!



Coastal Housing Partnership’s 2014 Sponsors

This year, we have more than a dozen of sponsors supporting our 3rd Annual Home Buying Fair March 1st at Earl Warren Showgrounds from 10am – 3pm. Thanks to our sponsors, potential home buyers will have a unique one-stop home buying resource shopping opportunity. Our 2014 Key Sponsor for the Home Buying Fair is Broadview Mortgage. Our Welcome Home Sponsor is Bank of the West and our Employer Partners are UCSB and Cottage Health System.

We invite you to attend our 3rd Annual Home Buying Fair on Saturday, March 1st from 10am – 3pm at Earl Warren Showgrounds in Santa Barbara. To RSVP on Facebook, please click here. Whether you are a first time home buyer, a move-up buyer, getting back into the market or just thinking about buying a home, this Fair is for you!

Home Buying Fair 2014 sponsors

Being a sponsor includes unique positive benefits including exposure to Santa Barbara’s major employers, small businesses, dozens of real estate industry professionals, and exposure to 35,000 local employees through our organizations. You also get countrywide exposure through print, broadcast and online media as well as direct contact with families who are ready to start their home buying process. Most importantly, sponsors are supporting the goodwill of the Santa Barbara community.

Our warm thanks to our 2014 sponsors!  See our sponsors page for the complete 2014 sponsors list.

For more information, contact us online at www.coastalhousing.org or 805-969-1025