Teresa Di Domenico
The Stamford-based Housing Development Fund, a nonprofit bank that provides funding for affordable housing and an array of homebuyer assistance programs, has named Teresa Di Domenico program manager at its satellite office in Danbury.
In her new position, Di Domenico will divide her time between overseeing the delivery of HDF’s homebuyer assistance services and implementing community outreach in the Greater Danbury area. The expansion of the Danbury staff is in conjunction with the overall growth of the organization and its intention to guide more households into homeownership. Of the 151 homebuyers HDF helped to purchase homes in 2006, 45 households were located in Greater Danbury.
Founded in 1989 in Stamford, HDF has expanded to serve the entire southwestern part of the state, opening its Danbury office in 2004. Its homebuyer assistance programs include the First Time Homebuyers Program; SmartMove, a low-interest, second-mortgage program; Connecticut Housing Finance Authority-approved homebuyer education classes; and the Below Market Rate Program.
Di Domenico has nine years of experience in residential lending. Prior to joining HDF, she served as credit analyst for Wachovia Mortgage in Waterbury, where her responsibilities included underwriting mortgage loan applications for single- to four-family residential properties and evaluating mortgage loan applications for sale to Fannie Mae on the secondary market. She also was a credit analyst with Peoples’ United Bank in Bridgeport.
“It’s exciting for all of us at HDF to have Teresa join our growing team,” said HDF President and Chief Executive Officer Joan Carty. “Her experience in residential lending fits well with our goal of providing the highest level of service to homebuyers. Having another staff member in the Danbury office will also allow us to assist homebuyers in that area to purchase affordable homes.”
CBRB Supports Blair House
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County, N.Y., recently donated $10,000 to the Katie Blair House, a transitional living program for homeless single women in the Norwich area.
Since 1999, the foundation has provided financial support to the Katie Blair House. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage agents in the Greater New London area also have provided support as active volunteers in the house’s events and activities.
“The mission of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares Foundation is to support programs and services that address housing issues in our local communities,” said Kate Rossi, president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. “Our partnership with the Katie Blair House has been very successful in moving this mission forward.”
Bethsaida Community Inc./Katie Blair House provides a transitional living program for women, linking them to support groups, outside resources and social services by trained staff who also provide counseling, training and referral services.
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, a leading residential real estate brokerage company in Connecticut and Westchester, N.Y., operates 55 offices with 2,400 sales associates serving the communities of Connecticut and Westchester County. Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage is part of NRT LLC, the nation’s largest residential real estate brokerage company.
Cole Joins Prudential
Realtor sales professional Michelle Cole has joined the Fairfield office of Prudential Connecticut Realty.
A graduate of Colby College with a degree in English, Cole demonstrated her leadership qualities and an aptitude for writing early on. She helped found a student-run informational Web site called The Daily Jolt and created another program and Web site to help first-year students acclimate to the college climate. Her background also includes marketing and editorial stints working at RN Magazine and Money Consultants Inc. of Southport.
Most recently, Cole installed a management software program for Fairfield Orthodontic Associates, where she also worked the front reception desk. Prior to that position, she was a middle and high school English tutor at Okemo Mountain School in Ludlow, Vt.
“I’ve always had an interest in real estate,” said Cole, “as we’ve had a real estate agent, an architect and an apartment rental owner/manager in the family.” With a passion for antique homes, Cole said she hopes to someday focus more exclusively on Colonial period properties, but for now she is eager to work with buyers and sellers, and homes of every style, throughout lower Fairfield County.
Cole is a member of the Fairfield Board of Realtors, Connecticut Association of Realtors and National Association of Realtors. A native of Fairfield, she was a National Merit Commended Scholar and honors student graduating from Greens Farms Academy.
Prudential Connecticut Realty maintains 63 offices throughout Connecticut.
