Free seminars provide mortgage lending education

For Immediate Release Oct. 8, 2009

Media Contact
Veronica Villegas
Communications Officer
817-392-6178 (office)
817-353-2287 (mobile)

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Patricia Roberts Harris National Fair Housing Training Academy will present free mortgage lending seminars in Fort Worth to address fraudulent, predatory and unfair lending practices.

The seminars are open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

Mortgage Lending Discrimination and Predatory Lending will be presented from 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. Oct. 26 and 27. Participants will be provided practical training using actual loan documents to acquire an understanding of residential mortgage lending discrimination and predatory lending.

The class is recommended for housing and real estate professionals, housing counselors and all others whose business requires this knowledge.

Financial Aspects of Lending will be presented from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28-30. Participants engage in hands-on activities that help them understand the different steps to sustainable home ownership and gain an understanding of the mortgage finance system.

This class is recommended for housing professionals, counselors and homebuyers.

Both seminars will be at the Omni Fort Worth Hotel, 1300 Houston St.

Seminars will be offered in English with Spanish interpretation available upon request at registration.

To learn more, call 202-314-3422 or visit the National Fair Housing Training Academy Web site.

Posted by Brian Chatman at 10/08/2009 04:28:15 PM