OHFA Provides Real Estate Professionals with Free Trainings

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Media Contact: Penny Martin
Phone: 614.728.2911
Email: [email protected]

COLUMBUS, OH - In an effort to help Ohioans achieve their dreams of homeownership, the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA) offers trainings on its homebuyer programs for lending, real estate, and counseling partners. The Agency offers down payment assistance, career-related interest rate discounts, and other loan products that make purchasing a home or condo easier for first-time homebuyers.

Trainings are free and offered virtually and in-person. Lasting from one to three hours, courses for real estate agents include:

• Fair Housing Foundations (offers 3 hours of civil rights credit) - Taking a historical view of fair housing and civil rights, this course goes into the details of current housing, advertising, and lending laws using case studies, housing statistics, and videos.
• OHFA Homebuyer Programs (offers 1 hour of elective credit) - This course reviews the variety of loan options offered by OHFA, including down payment assistance and interest rate discounts for homebuyers. Participants learn about eligibility requirements and product combinations to reduce homebuyers' out-of-pocket expenses.

Courses for mortgage professionals are:

• Becoming an OHFA Expert - This course explains all aspects of OHFA programs, loan processing, and down payment assistance. The course reviews eligibility criteria and program combinations, so mortgage professionals understand how the programs can help their clients achieve homeownership.
• Lender Online, Processing, Closing and Post-Closing - Presented in video format, this course teaches participants how to use the Lender Online Reservation System.

To register for an upcoming training, real estate professionals should visit ohiohome.org/RegistrationsExtClasses.

Interested mortgage professionals should visit ohiohome.org/partners/training.

Mortgage and real estate companies can also schedule classes for their employees by contacting OHFA's Single Family Relations Program Manager Jon Duy at [email protected].

For more information on OHFA's homeownership programs, visit myohiohome.org.

The Ohio Housing Finance Agency is an Equal Opportunity Housing entity. Loans are available on a fair and equal basis regardless of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, military status, disability or ancestry. Please visit www.ohiohome.org for more information.