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The Mortgage Credit Certificate (MCC) program is sponsored by the Riverside County Economic Development Agency. The MCC provides eligible first time home buyers the opportunity to decrease their federal income tax burden to a proportion of the interest they are paying on a home loan.

The Mortgage Credit Certificate is a tax “credit” as opposed to a tax “deduction”. The credit given is subtracted from the buyer’s federal tax bill.

The MCC program provides a fifteen percent rate that is applied to the interest paid on the home loan. The buyer can claim up to fifteen percent of the interest paid during the tax year.

This enables the first time home buyer to increase the amount of “take-home” pay by the amount given by the credit and then take the eighty-five percent remaining as a tax deduction. As a result of the MCC the buyer will qualify for a larger loan amount on the purchase of a new home.

The Mortgage Credit Certificate lasts for the life of the loan, as long as the buyer maintains this home as a primary residence. The certificate cannot be transferred to another loan or refinance.

The qualifications for the Mortgage Credit Certificate are listed below.

1. The buyer must be a first time home buyer.
2. The buyer’s income must fall within the program limits.
3. The home purchase must fall within the program’s purchase price limits.

The Riverside County Mortgage Certificate can be used to purchase a home in the locations listed below.

All unincorporated areas of Riverside County.

Banning
Beaumont
Blythe
Calimesa
Canyon Lake
Cathedral City
Perris
Corona
Desert Hot Springs
Hemet

Indio
Lake Elsinore
La Quinta
Moreno Valley
Murrieta
Norco
Palm Desert
Riverside
San Jacinto
Temecula

This page has given only cursory information on the Riverside County Mortgage Credit Certificate Program sponsored by Riverside County Economic Development Agency. This program has extensive details that can be found on the EDA’s website at EDA website, in addition, you can call the numbers below for more information.

For more information contact:

Riverside County Economic Development Agency
Mortgage Credit Certificate Program
PH: (800) 909-0079 (outside Riverside City Limits)
PH: (951) 343-5458 (in Riverside City Limits)
FAX: (951) 352-4852
Located at:
Housing Authority Office
5555 Arlington Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504
www.rivcoeda.org

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