{"id":201694,"date":"2026-01-18T21:49:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:49:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=201694"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T02:49:56","slug":"help-available-for-first-time-homebuyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2026\/01\/18\/help-available-for-first-time-homebuyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Help available for first time homebuyers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LIMA &#8212; For the ninth consecutive year, Superior Credit Union is providing down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers. Through their internal program SuperiorFirst, Superior will provide 250 first-time homebuyers a grant of up to $2,000 to purchase their first home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superior Credit Union and the Superior Foundation teamed up to provide $500,000 to fund the SuperiorFirst Program. These funds are available January 20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, Superior was able to help 200 members purchase their first home with SuperiorFirst. One of those borrowers was the Hise family.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Hise-Family.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-201695\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Hise family benefitted from Super Credit Union&#8217;s first time homebuyer assistance program. <em>Photo submitted<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe decided we wanted to buy a house. [Superior] made us feel comfortable always,\u201d the family said. \u201cThis was our first time buying a house and they explained everything really well with no questions or judgement and it was fast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cPurchasing your first home can be overwhelming,\u201d said Phil Buell, President and CEO. \u201cWe\u2019re delighted to provide funds that help create home ownership opportunities for our members. Purchasing your home generates long-term wealth and we are committed to helping members realize their dream of owning their home.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Superior Credit Union is the mortgage leader in West Central Ohio, offering a range of products from conventional and adjustable-rate mortgages to construction, FHA and VA loans. Interested members can find more information on SuperiorCU.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About Superior Credit Union Superior Credit Union, Inc., headquartered in Lima, Ohio, is a member-owned financial cooperative that serves more than 100,000 members at 25 Western Ohio offices, including one in Van Wert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information LIMA &#8212; For the ninth consecutive year, Superior Credit Union is providing down payment assistance to first-time homebuyers. Through their internal program SuperiorFirst, Superior will provide 250 first-time homebuyers a grant of up to $2,000 to purchase their first home. Superior Credit Union and the Superior Foundation teamed up to provide $500,000 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 22:50:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":201696,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201694\/revisions\/201696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}