Coastal Homebuyer Education is no longer offering first-time homebuyer workshops. We are being absorbed by Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership. In order to take a workshop, virtual or in-person, please contact them at https://www.mvhp.org/. All of our files are moving to MVHP. You can also contact Coastal at EOLeary@CoastalHB.org.

Thursday, November 18, 2010

December Workshop

Registrations for our next workshop, Dec 2, 3, & 4th are coming in now, but there is still room in the class.
Guest speakers include Sherry Temple-Pruyn from Eastern Bank, Mike O'Keefe from RE/MAX On the River, Craig Popp from Mt. Vernon Inspection Associates, and Attorney Mayte Ramos.

To register, send an email to Ellie O'Leary: EOLeary@CoastalHB.org

Monday, October 4, 2010

October Workshop

We are now taking registrations for our October workshop meeting in Newburyport on two Saturdays - October 16th and 23rd. Please email EOLeary@CoastalHB.org to get the flyer and the registration form. The cost is $60 per household.

Guest speakers include Sherry Temple-Pruyn from Eastern Bank, John Carroll from ABC Home Inspections and Becky Palmer from Consumer Credit Counseling Services.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Post Purchase Workshops

Although Coastal Homebuyer Education will not be doing post purchase workshops, these agencies will be offering them. Contact the people named below to find out about times and availability.

Post Purchase classes in the North Shore/Merrimack Valley area.

Community Teamwork Inc, Lowell
Cathy Dyl, (978) 459-0551, cdyl@comteam.org

Gloucester Housing Authority, Gloucester
Kathy Erkkila, (978) 281-4770 x110, klerkkila@ghama.com

Lawrence Community Works, Lawrence
Juan Bonilla (978) 685-3115, jbonilla@lcworks.org

Massachusetts Affordable Housing Alliance
617-822-9100, http://www.mahahome.org/class/index.html

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

September Workshop

Registrations are coming in now for the September workshop meeting on September 18th and 25th, two Saturdays, in Newburyport MA. To get a flyer and registration please email me at EOLeary@CoastalHB.org.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

September Workshop

We just finished our August workshop with 15 households. We have trained 97 households so far this year and are still going strong. Our next workshop will meet on September 18 and 25. To get registration information please email EOLeary@CoastalHB.org

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

August Workshop

We are now taking registrations for our August workshop meeting on two Saturdays, the 14th and the 21st from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. To get the flyer and the registration form please email EOLeary@CoastalHB.org. The fee is $60 per household.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Annual meeting

We just had our annual meeting this morning and have changes to the Board of Directors. We would like to say thank you to our departing directors, Gonzalo Puigbo of Eastern Bank and Kim Foulkes of Newburyport Bank.

Our Board is now:
President: Martha Solish, Coastal Homebuyer Education, Inc.
Treasurer: Sherry Temple Pruyn, Eastern Bank
Clerk: Kate Batchelder, Newburyport Bank
Member: Michael O'Keefe, RE/MAX On the River