Additional Resources to help you in your search activites
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
State and local government websites for gathering information on tax rates,schools,history,arts,cultures,education,travel,recreation,voting, healthcare, jobs,and more
Newspapers in your area
CREDIT AGENCY INFORMATION
Free annual credit report
National credit reporting agencies
FINANCIAL LITERACY
www.mymoney.gov
www.debtadvice.org
www.bankrate.com
www.mymoneymanagement.net
CNN instant Budget Maker
http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/instantbudget/instantbudget_101.jsp
Financial Literacy – US Financial Literacy and Education
Commission information on homeownership
www.mymoney.gov/homeownership.shtml
Establishing a budget
www.forefieldkt.com/kt/trns.aspx?xd=BP-CORE-02&il=a28xsl=content
Information on community property state rules
www.irs.gov/publications/p555/ar01.html
Private Mortgage Insurance
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer/alerts/alt072.shtm
Credit information
www.fraud.org/info/links.htm#credit
FLOOD MAPS/PLANS
http:store.msc.fema.gov
www.fema.gov
GENERAL INFORMATION
www.homeequityshare.com
www.homeloanlearningcenter.com
www.homebuying.about.com
www.money.cnn.com
www.msnbc.com go to real estate information
National Association of Realtors
www.realtor.org
GOVERNMENT REGULATORY AGENCIES
www.ftc.gov
Real Estate Settlement and Procedures Act (RESPA)
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/consumerhdbk
Download HUD documents
www.hud.gov/offices/hag/sfh/res/sfhrestc.cfm
GREEN INFORMATION
www.dwellgreen.com
www.ecobroker.com
www.energy.com
www.energystar.com
www.globalgreen.org
www.greenhomechicago.com
www.listedgreen.com/usa
www.usgbc.org
www.weather.com
LOAN TYPES
Consumer handbook on adjustable-rate mortgages
www.federalreserve.gov/pubs/arms/arms_english.htm
Borrow Smart
www.borrowsmart.org/index.asp
MORTGAGE CALCULATORS
www.hud.com
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR HOME BUYERS
USDA Rural Development Program
www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs
www.rurdev.usda.gov/rhs/common.indiv_intro.htm
American Dream Downpayment Assistance
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/affordablehousing/programs/home/addi/
www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/homeownership/homeownership-policy-book-ch1.html
www.americandreamdownpaymentassistance.com
HUD HOME program
www.hud.gov/offices/cdp/affordablehousing/programs/home/index.cfm
HUD Mortgage INsurance program
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/federal_housing_administration
HUD Good Meighbor Next Door Program
HUD Public Housing Homeownership Programs
HUD Homeownership Voucher Program
Reverse mortgage
www.reversemortgage.org
www.aarp.org/money/revmort
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/homes/rms.htm
Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org
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