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Explore Down Payment Assistance Programs: Find Help for Your Home Purchase
Buying a home doesn't always mean coming up with the entire down payment on your own. Explore down payment assistance programs that may be available to you with Down Payment Connect, a tool I use with my buyers.
Jermaine Antonio Gill
Sep 153 min read
FHA Buyer’s Choice DPA: Down Payment Assistance That Can Be Forgiven
FHA Buyer’s Choice DPA may help qualified homebuyers with down payment and closing costs, including a forgivable assistance option. Learn how it works.
Jermaine Antonio Gill
Aug 134 min read
The Script Has Flipped: Why 2026 is the Year of the Buyer in the Coachella Valley
The script has flipped in the desert. From Palm Springs to Thermal, inventory is hitting 4-year highs and buyers are regaining the upper hand. Discover how my clients recently secured $100k in assistance and negotiated $20k off asking prices—and how you can do the same in the 2026 Coachella Valley market.
Jermaine Antonio Gill
Apr 73 min read
CalHFA Dream For All is Back — and Opening a New Lottery on February 24, 2026!
The CalHFA Dream For All Down Payment Assistance program is reopening its lottery on February 24, 2026, giving first-time, first-generation buyers another chance at up to 20% in down payment help. For Coachella Valley residents, this program could be a powerful opportunity to overcome high home prices, buy sooner, and start building equity in communities like Palm Springs, Cathedral City, La Quinta, and Indio.
Jermaine Antonio Gill
Jan 163 min read
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Jermaine Antonio Gill
REALTOR® DRE#02226055
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