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Financial Resources From Family Houston

CLTPartnership

Family Houston and Houston Community Land Trust (HCLT) partner together to help more individuals and families purchase homes! We provide services to...

CreditScore

How to Increase Your Credit Score There are 5 factors that affect your credit score: Payment history Credit utilization (how much of your revolving...

DownPayment

Strategies to Save for a Down Payment Figure out how much down payment you will need Don't forget to consider moving and closing costs Closing costs...

DTI

Lenders use debt-to-income ratio (DTI) — along with credit history — to evaluate whether a borrower can repay a loan. To calculate your DTI, add up...

Good and Bad Money Habits

Good Money Habits: 1. Get on a budget Create a budge and stick to it. Budgeting helps you pay bills on time, build wealth by saving, and...

How to Build a Good Resume

How long should my resume be? A resume should preferably be one page. However, two pages is OK so long as the information is relevant to the...

Tax Tips

When are taxes due? The deadline for most individuals and businesses to file was extended to May 17, 2021. Due to the winter storm in Texas the...

Staying on Budget with Holiday Spending

People may have tighter budgets this year. How can we buy presents and not bust our budget? Monee Cheney, financial coach with Family Houston, talks...