Provides assistance and education to protect consumers from financial fraud, and offers help with filing complaints. Regulates state-chartered banks, credit unions, and lenders, and can answer related questions and concerns. Provides information about mortgage assistance programs, approved reverse mortgage counselors, and foreclosure filing. Also enables consumers to check to see if their lender is licensed. Banking Division does NOT distribute funds to distressed mortgage holders. Complaints about national banks should be directed to the Federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). Federal credit union complaints should be directed to National Credit Union Administration (NCUA).

Offers HomeBuyer's Workshops, as well as education and counseling that include pre-purchase credit and budget counseling, financial literacy and foreclosure issues, guidance on affordable mortgages and refinancing, home maintenance education, and assistance with home rehabilitation planning. Offers housing down payment loans for manufactured homes through its Housing Loan Fund.

Provides website with information and answers about a variety of financial institutions and transactions, including mortgages, money transfers, loans, debt, and credit. Consumers may submit a question online or browse popular topics to gain knowledge about personal finance. Provides a searchable directory of counselors for mortgage delinquency and default counseling.

Offers HomeBuyer's Workshops, as well as education and counseling that include pre-purchase credit and budget counseling, financial literacy and foreclosure issues, guidance on affordable mortgages and refinancing, home maintenance education, and assistance with home rehabilitation planning. Offers housing down payment loans for manufactured homes through its Housing Loan Fund.

Provides home pre-purchasing counseling and foreclosure prevention counseling, as well as general homebuyer education.

Provides home pre-purchasing counseling and foreclosure prevention counseling, reverse mortgage counseling, as well as general homebuyer education.

Provides a homeowners' telephone counseling service that offers education and advice about home mortgage foreclosure. Counselors can provide plans of action specific to callers' needs for foreclosure prevention. Pre-purchase counseling, sustainable ownership, and mortgage scam education are also offered. Online counseling available.

Offers homebuyer education workshops and education and counseling sessions that include pre-purchase credit and budget counseling; financial literacy and foreclosure issues; guidance on affordable mortgages and refinancing; home maintenance education; and assistance with home rehabilitation planning.

Provides home pre-purchasing counseling and foreclosure prevention counseling, reverse mortgage counseling, as well as general homebuyer education.

Provides comprehensive assistance for people who want to purchase housing, including information and guidance about buying costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to provide for insurance, maintenance and other requirements related to acquiring and paying for housing. Other services may include use of Section 8 housing subsidy for homeownership, closing cost grants for Vermont Housing Finance Agency applicants, and delinquency intervention for homeowners.

Provides comprehensive assistance for people who want to purchase housing, including information and guidance about buying costs; how to select affordable housing that meets individual needs; and how to provide for insurance, maintenance and other requirements related to acquiring and paying for housing.