Avoid Foreclosure: Florida
Don't lose your home! Here is some guidance on default and foreclosure prevention.
Seek Help Early
- Steps to take - act now if you think you will be unable to pay your mortgage
- HUD-approved housing counseling agencies - local agencies that provide FREE foreclosure avoidance counseling
- (888) 995-HOPE - FREE foreclosure prevention counseling on the phone or online
- Florida's Hardest Hit Fund
- Free foreclosure prevention workshops - check our calendar for events in your area
- Financial planning resources
Avoid Scams
- Recognizing, Avoiding and Reporting Scams
- Florida Foreclosure Rescue Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - do not give money to anyone promising to help you avoid foreclosure without a written agreement and until all services are completed!
- Avoid foreclosure rescue scams
- Recognize predatory lending
- Florida Attorney General's Mortgage Fraud Task Force - report fraud, access current investigations, announcements, and tips
- Florida Office of Financial Regulation - check out a financial institution, file a complaint, read consumer alerts and tips
Know the Law
- Florida foreclosure law summary
- Responding to a foreclosure summons and complaint - self-help information from Legal Services of Greater Miami about foreclosure and other topics
More From HUD
Links
- Know Your Options
- Making Home Affordable Refinance and Modification Options
- Fannie Mae (800) 732-6643
- Freddie Mac (800) 373-3343
- FDIC (IndyMac loans) (800) 781-7399
- VA Regional Loan Center (888) 611-5916
- USDA Rural Development Loan Servicing Center (800) 414-1226
- LoanScamAlert.org
- PreventLoanScam.org
- Federal Trade Commission (877) 382-4357
- More consumer resources
- FBI--Mortgage Fraud