Homewise

We were able to meet with someone to create a financial plan and then a realtor helped us find the right home. Excellent service and such a great resource!

We can say so many positive things about selling our house with the Homewise team. Fantastic customer service and communication, knowledgeable, driven and saved us many thousands of dollars versus every other realtor/broker in the area that we spoke with. They are truly good people who want to help others which I didn't know existed amongst realtors. The only downside is that they are not in every state. Don't hesitate, call them.

They have been responsive and helpful so far. I will update this appropriately.

Almost ten years out, I continue to suggest Homewise to Santa Feans looking to purchase their first home. The classes ensured I was prepared and aware before my purchase, the loan was very competitive and I had no issues with the product at all. A couple years ago I returned for a second mortgage for improvements and had an equally simple experience and would highly recommend this community resource!

While applying for a loft in Downtown Albuquerque, it turned out that I had to get a non-conventional loan because the condo community didn't have the right ratio of owner-occupied to renter condos. Otherwise, this is a great community. The one lending bank that I know of locally that does these kinds of loans is Homewise. I can't say enough good things about the people at Homewise, both at the Albuquerque office and at the Santa Fe office.

At every step of the way, they were kind, efficient, and got things done without any errors. It's been decades since I've purchased a new home and things are much different than they were back then. One of the requirements with Homewise is that you must take their home-buying process classes. Because of covid, they also have these online. I learned so much about the entire process, new rules and old ones I had forgotten. I couldn't be more grateful to Homewise. They are awesome!

For 2 weeks I have been receiving very private documentation for a pending house purchase. I have emailed and called letting them know they were sending these private documents to the wrong email address, yet I continued getting them anyway. My suggestion to anyone who is doing business with them, or even thinking about doing business with them, is to stop immediately and find another broker. Your information is NOT SECURE.

Homewise is great until you actually get your house then they dump you. We've had ongoing issues since we bought our new construction home and they give you the run around everytime you try to contact them. The construction company they use, Little Bubbas builds their houses without pride and quality. They rush it and then when they "fix" something it comes out 10x worse than it was to start off with. Slow and unresponsive organization.

I was very dissatisfied with the assistance I got while first trying to qualify for a loan because the communication was awful. That being said I've been satisfied with my loan for 3 years now and the courses I took before buying were beneficial. If Homewise could work on having their employees communicate with home buyers better than they would have a happier clientele. The ones who finalized my loan with the original home owner were excellent too though I might add. It's been so long I do not remember who it was.

Homewise is wonderful. They require a first-time home buyers course which is excellent, and was such a great resource for us. Kara and Cisi were always open to answering our many questions, and helped us move up our closing date when we needed to. They are wonderful to work with. Highly recommend (especially for first time home buyers)!

This company provides necessary services, but if you can afford to go with professionals it might be worth doing so. Both myself and a close friend had very bad experiences in particular with closed sales in which Homewise agents were representing both parties, and a recent attempt to refinance with them has been a disorganized, badly communicated mess that took 2 to 3 times as long as necessary.

Homewise helped me buy my first home when I thought I was years away from doing so. Victor Ortega, my realtor, and his manager went out of their way to ensure I was happy with my buy. They even helped me giving me some space heaters when my furnace was having problems and being worked on in the first winter.

Love home wise. My wife and I always dreamed of being home owners and that dream came true thanks to home wise taking step by step with us and following thru almost a year later and we are as happy as ever I highly recommend this program.

Homestart/Homewise is a wonderful program. I would recommend it to anyone looking to buy a new home especially a first time home buyer. The good thing about them is they are a non profit company and there employees are paid salary so you don't have to deal with high pressure sales reps. They also take the time to go over every step along the way as well as what is needed to get you where you need to be as far as your credit score goes. They also require a class which also goes over the whole home buying process.

Homeownership is something earlier generations took for granted. After the shock of the housing bubble, even people with good jobs and good credit are having trouble convincing banks to lend them, even on well-priced homes. Homewise exists to help those of us lower on the scale -- with moderate income, dings (or worse) on our credit. It's not magic -- you get a credit counselor, take classes on savings and financial literacy and repairing credit-- but Homewise gives you hope and really does help.

And now they're even building homes that because they're built well and with green energy-saving features built in, offer low cost of ownership while you live in them, not just to get into them.