Housing Information
Home Financing Publications List
Filing a Housing Discrimination Complaint. Fair housing laws protect renters and buyers from discrimination. If you believe you were a victim of housing discrimination, you have the right to file a housing discrimination complaint with HUD. Understanding the complaint and resolution process will help you weigh your options and take action.
Saving Your Home from Foreclosure (2011). Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.
You Can Buy a Home - The keys to homeownership (Chinese). Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer.
You Can Buy a Home - The keys to homeownership (Spanish). La compra de una vivienda es una de las compras más importantes en la vida. Este folleto trata sobre los temas más importantes para los posibles compradores de una vivienda, incluyendo cómo hacer la compra de una casa, cómo anticipar los costos de ser propietario, cóm encontrar el hogar ideal, cómo comparar préstamos hipotecarios y hacer una oferta.
Buying a Home - Leader’s Guide. The Buying a Home Leaderʼs Guide provides detailed information, written in question-and-answer format, to help teach potential homebuyers how to navigate the often complex process of purchasing a home. The guide covers such topics as how to choose a real estate professional, how to qualify for a mortgage, and what is involved in the settlement (closing) process. It also explains unfamiliar terms and provides tips and suggestions to help the purchase process go more smoothly.
You Can Buy a Home - The keys to homeownership (English). Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer.
Reverse Mortgages: Are They for You?. Older homeowners may be able to borrow against their equity by taking a reverse mortgage. This publication provides an overview of how reverse mortgages work and what you need to look out for when considering a reverse mortgage.
Saving your home from foreclosure (2009) (Chinese). Foreclosure is the legal process that your mortgage lender uses to take your home when you fall behind on your mortgage payments. If you are faced with foreclosure, you can work to save your home—or at least limit the financial damage caused by foreclosure—if you understand your options and take the appropriate steps.
Cómo proteger su casa de una ejecución hipotecaria (2009). La ejecución hipotecaria es el proceso legal que el prestamista hipotecario utiliza para quitarle su casa cuando usted se atrasa con las cuotas de su préstamo. Si usted corre el riesgo de una ejecución hipotecaria, puede proteger su casa (o por lo menos limitar el daño financiero que causa una ejecución hipotecaria) si entiende sus opciones y sigue los pasos adecuados.
True Life Stories. Homeownership is a primary path to achieving financial security, and homeownership helps communities remain stable. This publication, available in Spanish and English in the popular "novella" (comic book) style, addresses some of the key mortgage, lending and financial management issues faced by homeowners.
Temas De La Vida Real. La compra de una vivienda es un camino principal para alcanzar la seguridad
financiera y ayuda a que las comunidades permanezcan estables. Esta
publicación, disponible en español e inglés en el popular formato de
historieta, trata sobre los temas más importantes que los compradores de
viviendas enfrentan, como las hipotecas, asuntos de préstamos y manejo de
las finanzas.
You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Hmong). Kev yuav tsev yog ib qho uas tseem ceeb tshaj ua koj yuav tau tshwm nyiaj yuav nyob hauv koj lub neej. Daim ntawv no yuav qhia txog tej yam tseemceeb uas tej tus yuav tsev yuavtsum paub, xwsli yuav npaj dabtsi ua ntej, seb cov nqi yuav muaj li cas, xyuas seb lub tsev twg yuav zoo rau yus, nrhiav chaw txais nyiaj thiab yuav muab tus nqi (offer) li cas.
Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer.
You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Cambodian). Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer.
You can buy a home - The keys to homeownership (Laotian). Buying a home is one of the most important purchases you'll ever make. In this brochure, we cover key topics for potential homeowners, including preparing to buy a home, predicting homeownership costs, finding the right home, shopping for a mortgage and making an offer.
Don’t Lose Your Home (2006). A brochure that explains how a "home equity loan" allows you to borrow money against your home's equity. However, your home secures the loan; if you are unable to make the home equity loan payments, you can lose your house. This fact sheet explains the need for caution when agreeing to such loans.
No pierda su casa (2006). Un folleto que explica cómo un "préstamo sobre el valor líquido de la vivienda" le permite obtener dinero contra el valor líquido de su casa. Pero si no puede pagar los pagos del préstamo, puede perder su casa. Este folleto explica porqué es necesario tener cuidado con estos préstamos.
Questions and Answers About Home Equity Loan Fraud. A manual for community and consumer advocates working to educate senior, low income and minority home owners about the dangers of home equity loan fraud. Topics covered include home improvements, hiring a contractor, warning signs of fraud and the possibility of losing your home through a home equity loan.