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Foreclosure Prevention


Helpful tips, information and resources for homeowners seeking to prevent foreclosures.

Foreclosure update to Planning, Housing and Economic Development Committee (PDF - 28 KB)

  • Preventing Foreclosure/Get Help
    If you are having difficulty making your monthly mortgage payment, do not wait.  Your actions can prevent the loss of your home through foreclosure, make the call today.

  • Preventing Foreclosure Educational Seminars
    If you are having trouble making your mortgage payments or your lender has filed a foreclosure notice, attend one of these educational seminars to learn the appropriate action you must take. These seminars will also offer one to one counseling and legal advice.

    View the schedule and sign up for an upcoming Preventing Foreclosure Seminar.

  • Tips to Help You Save Your Home
    Take the right steps to protect your investment; the loss of a home is an expensive and complicated process. The longer you wait to take action, the fewer options you will have.

  • Avoid Scams and Fraud
    Homeowners who have fallen behind on their mortgage payments and face the prospect of losing their home are in danger of being targeted by foreclosure rescue scammers who search the legal notices files by lenders as the first step for foreclosure.

  • Questions and Answers on Home Foreclosure and Debt Cancellation

  • Reporting FHA Mortgage Fraud
    If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

  • What To Do In Case of Eviction in Montgomery County
    If you are facing eviction call the Office of Landlord-Tenant Affairs at (240) 777-3600.

National Foreclosure Hotline
995hope.org
(888) 995-HOPE

Maryland H.O.P.E. Hotline
mdhope.org
(877) 462-7555

Department of Housing and Community Development
D.H.C.D.

Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation
D.L.L.R.
Last edited: 9/17/2008