First Time Buyer Incentive for Rochester

For the 20th year in a row, Rochester will be holding it's "City Living Sundays" event starting on the 18th (with another on the 25th). At both of these events, the city will be offering advice to first time home owners on neighborhoods, financing, and the market.

The events will be attended my Realtors, Lawyers, the Greater Rochester Association of Realtors, as well as lenders and other professions. On top of that, you will be able to find seminars on both home owning and finances.

Agents will be showing their listings in the $45,000 to $200,000 range on Sunday with the Landmark Society of Western New York holding bus tours of the areas the Saturday before. Margot Garcia, senior community housing planner for the city, stated that 62% of homes that had an open house last year sold!