Department of Finance

Welcome to the foreclosure prevention resources web page from the Idaho Department of Finance. Below you will find several links to helpful websites. The most important single thing you can do is to contact your lender early - waiting until late in the foreclosure process to make initial contact will limit your options.

• Brochure: Idaho Resources to Assist You in Avoiding Foreclosure
• Independent Foreclosure Review of Mortgage Services: The Independent Foreclosure Review is monitored by federal bank regulators, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, to ensure a fair and impartial process. For information related to the foreclosoure review, visit the above listed website.
• Be Informed When Using Loan Modification Services

• Know Your Options - Fannie Mae Resources
• Mortgage Payments Sending You Reeling? Here's What to Do
• Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure
• Avoiding Foreclosure
• NeighborWorksAmerica
• Advice for Veterans
• Common Myths
• Foreclosure Help and Hope
• Help for Homeowners Facing the Loss of Their Home
• HELP 24 hours a day /7 days a week

• Foreclosure Tax Relief
• IRS Questions and Answers on Home Foreclosures and Debt Cancellation

• HUD Approved Housing Counseling Agencies: Idaho

• Warning of Foreclosure Rescue Schemes
• Avoid scams related to the federal "Independent Foreclosure Review"