Planting Seeds at A New Home

Catherine Gardner had conducted transactions with other lending institutions, but didn’t always like the experience. “It had been difficult in the past to get a loan when I really needed one. That can get discouraging,” she says. So when Catherine came across the brick home she had envisioned in a dream, she immediately went to HOPE, where she was welcomed by a mortgage team who guided her through the loan process. She had been praying for a house after years of living in an apartment, where she was confined to growing garden produce in small boxes. In her new home, Catherine has a yard, where her grandchildren play and she has planted a thriving garden.