Join VHFA Homeownership Outreach Coordinator Erin Perrin (pictured) for "Mortgage Financing in a New Age."

She'll present the four-hour class with Universal Mortgage's Marilyn Morin Roberts at the Vermont Association of REALTORS (VAR) Northeast Real Estate Conference and Expo in South Burlington.

Susan LaFerriere, a loan originator for Union Bank in St. Johnsbury, has been named VHFA’s top mortgage loan originator in Caledonia, Essex and Orleans counties for 2009.

Congratulations, Susan!

We still have a few more counties to announce soon. Stay tuned ...

The Champlain Valley Office of Economic Opportunity will receive a $405,000 federal grant to help house victims of domestic abuse.

The recovery act funds will provide scattered site units to women and children to help them transition into permanent housing, as well as support services such as childcare and job development.

There's activity in the U.S. Senate to extend the deadline and amount of this year's tax credit for first-time homebuyers.