The Fannie Mae Foundation has created a series of guides to get you started on the path to home ownership and teach you what it takes to buy a home. All are available to download FREE of charge.
Step 1: Knowing and Understanding Your Credit This guide explains what credit is and how to establish good credit, repair credit problems, and take control of your credit as the first step in the home-buying process.
Step 2: Opening the Door to a Home of Your Own This step-by-step guide explains the home-buying process, including how to finance a home and how the mortgage process works.
Step 3: Choosing the Mortgage that's Right for You This guide will help you learn more about shopping for the right mortgage for your personal situation.
Step 4: Borrowing Basics: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You This guide explains what predatory lending is and how it can affect you. It also provides helpful tips on how to get the best lown and ways to avoid bad loan choices that could result in the loss of one's home.
Step 1: Knowing and Understanding Your Credit
Step 2: Opening the Door to a Home of Your Own
Step 3: Choosing the Mortgage that's Right for You
Step 4: Borrowing Basics: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You