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Mandatory Lender training

Below are free training classes for CHFA-approved lenders and their staff. As of February 15, 2009, CHFA required that all staff of our participating lenders who wish to continue originating/processing CHFA loans and who have a CHFA HomeConnectionsm account attend mandatory training.

Regular lender training is held at the Denver CHFA office each month and occasionally in our Grand Junction office. This standard class lasts two hours and fulfills the mandatory training requirement. We require loan officers, and strongly encourage processors or operations staff, to attend this lender training before doing their first CHFA loan.

In order to keep you well-informed about specific CHFA programs, when new programs become available, one-hour webinar training is offered covering the new program. Those classes will not fulfill the mandatory training requirement because they do not cover all CHFA programs. All staff members of CHFA-approved lenders are welcome to attend any webinar; however, some webinars may be geared toward specific lender staff (originators, processors, etc.) and if so, will be noted.

To register for a class, click on the name of the moderator teaching that class to email them your RSVP. Be sure to state the date of the webinar you wish to join. Once you are registered, the moderator will email you your conference codes and important participant information. Please do not call CHFA with your RSVP for any of the webinar classes. Please arrive on time for training as late arrivals will not be given credit for attendance.

And don't forget, we are always adding classes, so check back to see what new opportunities are available!



Monthly Lender Training

This two-hour class is open to all staff of CHFA-approved lenders. We will cover all the program basics of using the CHFA programs. Please attend if you have never originated a CHFA loan or if you’re an experienced CHFA lender needing updating about our program changes. Attending a CHFA training class is now mandatory in order to originate a CHFA loan and/or to keep (or receive) access to the CHFA HomeConnection system.


February 3

Denver


To RSVP for this class, please contact Elfriede Leicht at 303.297.7306 or Shelley Ervin at 303.297.7358.

CHFA
1981 Blake Street

10:00 a.m. to noon

February 15

Colorado Springs


To RSVP for this class, please contact Elfriede Leicht at 303.297.7306.Space is limited, so please RSVP as soon as possible.

Empire Title
5755 Mark Dabling Blvd, Suite 110
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

March 8

Denver


To RSVP for this class, please contact Elfriede Leicht at 303.297.7306 or Shelley Ervin at 303.297.7358.

CHFA
1981 Blake Street

10:00 a.m. to noon



Q & A Webinar - everything you’ve always wanted to know about CHFA but were afraid to ask!

This is an open session for all lenders' staff, come with your questions! If you have no specific questions, you’re still welcome to log on and listen to others’ questions. There is no set agenda other than to answer our lenders’ questions about our programs and processes.

February 8

q & a webinar
10:00am
RSVP to Elfriede Leicht



E-Delivery webinars

NEW! Save time, money, and paper with CHFA’s e-Delivery. This 30 minute webinar provides guidance on preparing your compliance and purchase files for CHFA’s secure electronic delivery system. It will provide step by step instructions on creating your e-delivery account, recommendations for successful submissions, and tips for trouble shooting.

Febrary 8

e-delivery webinar
11:00am
RSVP to Kim Johnson

February 15

e-delivery webinar
11:00am
RSVP to Shelley Ervin

February 23

e-delivery webinar
11:00am
RSVP to Shelley Ervin

FirstStep Webinars

In order to originate and reserve a loan under the CHFA FirstStep program, all lenders are required to participate in a full two-hour lender class and/or a FirstStep Webinar. Our two-hour lender class offered prior to February 2010 did not cover FirstStep program information so attending this webinar will update your training. If you have attended a two-hour lender class since February 2010, you have received FirstStep training in that class. Lender staff is always welcome to attend any of our webinars as often as they wish. Once all training requirements are satisfied, HomeConnection access will be updated so that lenders can reserve a loan under the FirstStep program.

Feburary 10

FirstStep Webinars
10:00am
RSVP to Elfriede Leicht

Feburary 16

FirstStep Webinars
10:00am
RSVP to Pam Francil


MCC Webinars

In order to originate and reserve a loan under the CHFA Statewide MCC program, all lenders are required to participate in a full 2 hour lender class and/or a MCC Webinar. Our 2 hour lender class offered prior to July 2009 DID NOT cover MCC program information so attending this webinar will update your training. If you have attended a 2 hour lender class since July 2009, you have received MCC training in that class. Lender staff is always welcome to attend any of our webinars as often as they wish. Once all training requirements are satisfied, HomeConnection access will be updated so that lenders can reserve a loan under the MCC program.

February 7

MCC Webinars

3:00pm
RSVP to Elfriede Leicht

February 23

MCC Webinars

10:00am
RSVP to Pam Francil






The following webinars (RISC Scorecard and Targeted Area) are optional for any lender staff. These webinars will give you a better understanding of CHFA program guidelines and requirements and will provide helpful information in order to originate more loans more accurately. The Targeted Area webinar is available as a self-guided tutorial.

CHFA RISC Scorecard Webinars

February 7

CHFA RISC Scorecard Webinar

10:00am
RSVP to Kim Johnson

February 16

CHFA RISC Scorecard Webinar

1:00pm
RSVP to Kim Johnson




Understanding Targeted Area Benefits

NEW! This is a short 15 minute webinar that will explain how you can serve more non-first time borrowers and more higher income borrowers as a result of the targeted areas enhancement.

Take the Recorded Webinar Now!
Self-Guided Online Webinar
Self-Guided Understanding Targeted Area Benefits Tutorial



CHFA HomeAccesssm/CHFA SectionEightsm Orientation Webinars

NEW! These programs are available only to specific loan officers employed by HomeAccess-approved lenders. To learn more about these programs, CHFA is offering a HomeAccess Orientation Webinar, which will provide basic information regarding programs and processes. Sign up to learn more about the borrowers served, as well as the approval requirements for loan officers/lenders to originate these products. This webinar will last approximately one hour.

**No classes scheduled at this time - please check back.**


Real Estate Professional training

This class is offered free of charge for licensed Colorado Real Estate Brokers. Real Estate Brokers will learn how CHFA's residential loan programs can help them get more first time buyers into their first home. CHFA's programs for non-first time buyers will also be covered. Real Estate Brokers will learn about program requirements, loan process and benefits of using a CHFA loan. This class is worth two CE credits. To sign up for an upcoming CE class in your area or if you are a participating CHFA lender and would like to sponsor a class for your Real Estate Broker, please email Elfriede Leicht (303.297.7306), or Pam Francil (970.241.2341 x6301) on the Western Slope.

February 15

Colorado Springs

Sponsored by Academy Mortgage and Empire Title

RSVP to Michael Podoyak at Michael@etcos.com or 719.884.5300

5755 Mark Dabling Blvd., Suite 110
Colorado Springs, CO 80919

8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

April 26

Fort Collins

Sponsored by First National Bank.

RSVP by April 20th to JoDean Lippert at jlippert@fnni.com or 970.419.5709

205 West Oak Street - Basement
Fort Collins, CO 80522

9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.




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