Upside Down Mortgage?

If you are experiencing an upside down mortgage, first, be wary of scams. Second, seek assistance from Making Home Affordable. There are options available to assist with your mortgage. As well, HUD offers tips on how to avoid foreclosure.

Buying a Home?

Are you thinking about buying a home in the near future? If so, you should consider reading (and bookmarking) the Buy a Home site from HUD.gov. They've pulled together most, if not all, of the information that a home buyer needs to know about the complete process.

Documents of the Week: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Authority

The documents on display this week are from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Authority, otherwise known as HUD.

• Building Partnerships Building Futures
• Relocation Assistance to Displaced Homeowners
• Suddenly thousands of families who couldn't buy a home, can (Vietnamese)
• Are You a Victim of Housing Discrimination?
• Danger in the home
• Resident Rights and Responsibilities (Russian)
• U.S. Housing Market Conditions, August 1997
• Preserving Historic America
• Open Space for Urban America
• Best Practices for Effecting the Rehabilitation of Affordable Housing
• Curbing Predatory Home Mortgage Lending: A Joint Report, June 2000
• Help Yourself to a Health Home
• Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Act as Amended (Title 8) (Braille)
• County Planning and Development Training, 2003 & 2004 Courses
• The State of the Cities, 1998
• 100 Q&A About Buying a New Home
• Home Buyer's Vocabulary
• Renewing Government

Electronic Documents

• Homes for Sale by the U.S. Government
• Guide to Avoiding Foreclosure
• HUD Information Related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act)