Home Front Soldiers Get MortgageAssistance

HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. - (09/10/04) -- Fort Campbell FCU announced Thursdayit will extend its Home Front Mortgage program, which providesmortgage assistance to active military personnel stationed at FortCampbell, for another year, until June 2005, in order to givesoldiers returning from Iraq a chance to participate. The programallows soldiers at Fort Campbell to buy homes in Kentucky orTennessee with no down payment and allows for greater underwritingflexibility. Under the program, introduced in May the credit unionis originating the loans and Fannie Mae has committed to buying $5million worth of the mortgages.

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