Wells Fargo 2013 Annual Report Download - page 17

“To have something that’s yours,
it makes a big dierence.”
Buying your first home can be daunting, and connecting
with a lender that cares—and can help— makes all
the dierence. Pamela Sanford found that connection
atWellsFargo.
Sanford and her partner attended a first-time homebuyer 
workshop organized by the Chicago Urban League
and supported by WellsFargo. After the class, they 
approached the WellsFargo Home Lending team with
some questions. “We’d been working with someoneelse,” 
she said, “butWellsFargo seemed to have all the
information about down payment assistance programs.” 
Once they chose to work with WellsFargo, Sanford said, 
“Any questions we had, they would have the answer
orfind the answer.” 
Now, several months and many conversations later, the
couple is living in their new home. “We needed to do this
for us. To have our own space, and to have something
that’s yours, it makes a big dierence. We’re enjoying
every bit of it,” she said.
WellsFargo continues to support homebuyer education
with the Chicago Urban League. “It’s really rewarding
to help people buy that first home,” said Peter de Jong,
branch manager for the mortgage team in Oak Lawn,
a community outside the city. “Our oce and team
members serve many residents in the greater Chicago
area. We pride ourselves on being knowledgeable about
mortgage down payment assistance programs that help
residents achieve thedream of homeownership. But most
important, we enjoy helping inspire residents to make
thecommitment to buy a home in their community!”
Andrea L. Zopp, president and CEO of the Chicago
UrbanLeague, said, “Homeownership remains the
foundation of building wealth and strengthening
communities. We’re grateful to WellsFargo for their
partnership and for supporting the league’s eorts
toguide people into homes they can aord.” 
Pamela Sanford | Chicago, Illinois
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