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Step Up is not only a move-up purchase path. Minnesota Housing also publishes it as a refinance option.
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Statewide purchase or refinance mortgage path with a Monthly Payment Loan option up to $14,000 for eligible borrowers.
Statewide mortgage with optional closing-cost loan
Step Up is the Minnesota Housing first-mortgage path for purchase or refinance. Its published downpayment and closing-cost option is the Monthly Payment Loan, which carries a 10-year repayment term at the same interest rate as the first mortgage.
Not required
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Minnesota repeat homebuyers, First-time homebuyers who exceed the Start Up income or purchase-price limits, Borrowers refinancing a current mortgage through Step Up, Buyers using a participating Minnesota Housing lender
Statewide purchase or refinance mortgage path with a Monthly Payment Loan option up to $14,000 for eligible borrowers.
Step Up is the Minnesota Housing first-mortgage path for purchase or refinance. Its published downpayment and closing-cost option is the Monthly Payment Loan, which carries a 10-year repayment term at the same interest rate as the first mortgage.
Connect with a participating Minnesota Housing lender, choose the Step Up purchase or refinance path, and if eligible add the Monthly Payment Loan through that same lender workflow.
Minnesota Housing says Step Up is for repeat homebuyers or first-time buyers who exceed Start Up limits, may include income limits up to $197,900 based on county, house-price limits up to $659,550 in the 11-county Metro area and $637,950 for other counties, and a downpayment and closing-cost loan option up to $14,000.
2026-04-19
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Amount: Statewide purchase or refinance mortgage path with a Monthly Payment Loan option up to $14,000 for eligible borrowers.
Repayment: Step Up is the Minnesota Housing first-mortgage path for purchase or refinance. Its published downpayment and closing-cost option is the Monthly Payment Loan, which carries a 10-year repayment term at the same interest rate as the first mortgage.
First-time buyer: Not required
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