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How to Help Prepare Your First-Time Homebuyers for Homeownership

Buying a home is an exciting time, especially for those doing it for the very first time. Having a REALTOR® who understands the unique needs of first-time homebuyers can help make the process as low stress as possible.

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Check out the Twin Cities Habitat Volunteer Store

We love our volunteers here at Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and are always working hard to figure out new and creative ways to thank them. That's...

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What to Expect at Closing [VIDEO]

So you've finally made it to the home closing. But... has anyone actually walked you through what that means and what will happen during the closing...

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ReStore Recap: Join Us for our Annual 50% Off Sale!

This sale is over! You can still receive updates and promotions by signing up for our Hot Deals newsletter or following us on Facebook or Instagram....

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What Are Repair Addendums? [VIDEO]

If you’re a first-time homebuyer, you’re likely trying to navigate the twists and turns of buying a house with the help of your real estate agent,...

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AmeriCorps Members Make Twin Cities Habitat Happen

Rarely in life are you presented with an opportunity that can both change you forever as a person and, at the same time, allow you to have a...

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Join us on January 20 for a Day of Service!

Each January, on the third Monday of the month, we honor Dr. Martin Luther King with a special holiday that has been declared a "day of service" in...

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The Cost of Home: Optimizing Land Use for Affordable Homes

Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity supports Cost of Home, a national campaign to increase housing affordability for ten million people in the next five...

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Ikram with the keys to her new Habitat home.

Turning Impossible into Possible with Habitat

“I didn’t think it was a possibility—owning a home felt so far out of reach.” Ikram had spent years moving from apartment to apartment, mostly in...

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January is National Radon Action Month

As a Gold Standard Radon Resistant Builder and January being National Radon Action Month, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity encourages all households...

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