{"id":6,"date":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.room-vu.com\/lynnemercer-com\/2026\/09\/02\/proposition-37-17-second-mortgage\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:00:00","slug":"proposition-37-17-second-mortgage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/02\/proposition-37-17-second-mortgage\/","title":{"rendered":"Proposition 37: 17% Second Mortgage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"video-zmyer\">\n<div class=\"video-frame-zmyer\">\n        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/www.roomvu.com\/agent\/embed\/lynne-mercer\/california-proposition-37-remotion-videos-02ae\"\n                frameborder=\"0\"\n                allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\n                allowfullscreen><br \/>\n        <\/iframe>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"video-description-zmyer\">\n<p>The measure would create a state-backed second mortgage for qualifying buyers of certain newly built California homes, with buyers contributing at least 3% upfront.<br \/>\nAssistance could cover up to 17% of the purchase price, combining with the buyer\u2019s funds to reach 20%, while a primary mortgage covers the rest.<br \/>\nThe state could issue up to $25B in revenue bonds, with participating homeowners\u2019 loan payments intended to repay investors and cover program costs.<br \/>\nThe down-payment barrier matters because many California families, especially Latino households facing higher housing-cost pressure, may afford monthly payments yet struggle to save upfront cash.<br \/>\nOn November 3, 2026, California voters will decide whether this loan-based plan for qualifying new homes merits a statewide test at scale.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The measure would create a state-backed second mortgage for qualifying buyers of certain newly built California homes, with buyers contributing at least 3% upfront. Assistance could cover up to 17% of the purchase price, combining with the buyer\u2019s funds to reach 20%, while a primary mortgage covers the rest. The state could issue up to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":35,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lynnemercer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}