Uncle Sam's Advice - HSH Associates, Financial Publishers

Publications of the Federal Reserve Board:

Keys to Vehicle Leasing: Quick Consumer Guide

Mortgages:

A Consumer's Guide to Mortgage Lock-Ins

A Consumer's Guide to Mortgage Settlement Costs

Home Mortgages: Understanding the Process and Your Right to Fair Lending

Consumer Handbook on Adjustable Rate Mortgages (PDF)
Spanish: Guia para el consumidor sobre Hipotecas a tasa ajustable (PDF)

Looking for the Best Mortgage (PDF)

Mortgage Shopping Worksheet (PDF)

Credit:

Consumer Handbook to Credit Protection Laws

What You Should Know About Home Equity Lines of Credit

Publications of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency:

Writing a Check: Understanding Your Rights (PDF)

Customer Complaint Form (PDF)
Spanish:Formulario De Quejas (PDF)

Assistance for Customers of National Banks (PDF)

Information on Nontraditional Mortgage Products
Spanish (PDF)

Publications of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco:

Private Mortgage Insurance (PDF)

What Is the Economic Function of a Bank?

Credit:

Plastic Fraud (PDF)

Credit and Charge Cards (PDF)

How to Establish, Use, and Protect Your Credit (PDF)

Your Credit Report (PDF)

Your Credit Rights (PDF)

Publications of the Federal Trade Commission:

Privacy Choices and your Personal Financial Information

Auction Guides (PDF)

How to Buy a Manufactured Home (PDF)

Credit:

Disputing Credit Card Charges / Fair Credit Billing Act

Avoiding Credit and Charge Card Fraud (PDF)

Billed for Merchandise You Never Received? (PDF)

Building a Better Credit Report (PDF)

Choosing and Using Credit Cards (PDF)

Credit, ATM and Debit Cards: What to do if They're Lost or Stolen (PDF)

Credit and Divorce (PDF)

Credit and Debit Card Blocking (PDF)

Credit and Your Consumer Rights (PDF)

Credit Card Loss Protection Offers: They're the Real Steal (PDF)

Credit Insurance: Is It for You? (PDF)

Credit Repair: Self Help May Be Best (PDF)

Credit Scoring (PDF)

Equal Credit Opportunity (PDF)

Getting Credit: What You Need to Know About Your Credit (PDF)

Getting Credit When You're Over 62 (PDF)

Out of Work? How to Deal with Creditors (PDF)

How to Dispute Credit Report Errors (PDF)

Negative Credit Can Squeeze a Job Search (PDF)

Ready,Set,Credit (PDF)

The Credit Practices Rule (PDF)

Free Credit Reports / Fair Credit Reporting Act

Utility Credit (PDF)

ID Theft:

Instructions for Completing the ID Theft Affidavit (PDF)

Information Compromise and the Risk of Identity Theft (PDF)

Avoid ID Theft (PDF)

Take Charge: Fighting Back Against Identity Theft (PDF)
Spanish: Tome Control: Defiendasa contra el Robo de Identidad (PDF)

ID Theft: What It's All About (PDF)

What To Do If Your Personal Information Has Been Compromised (PDF)

Home Equity:

Home Equity Loans: The Three-Day Cancellation Rule (PDF)

Home Equity Loans (PDF)

Avoiding Home Equity Scams (PDF)

Home Equity Credit Lines (PDF)

Shopping for a Home Equity Loan? (PDF)

Home Equity Credit Lines

Home Improvement:

After a Disaster: Repairing Your Home (PDF)

Home Sweet Home Improvement (PDF)

Mortgages:

Mortgage Discrimination (PDF)

Mortgage Servicing (PDF)

Cancellation of Private Mortgage Insurance (PDF)

Reverse Mortgages (PDF)

Loans:

The Truth About Advance-Fee Loan Scams (PDF)

High-Rate, High-Fee Loans (HOEPA/Section 32 Mortgages) (PDF)

Need a Loan? Think Twice About Using Your Home as Collateral (PDF)

Putting Your Home on the Loan Line Is Risky Business (PDF)

Investing:

Day Trading Ads: Cutting Through the "Bull" (PDF)

Investment Risks (PDF)

Spanish:

Efectos Personales: Que Hacer si le Roban su Cartera o su Bolso (PDF)

Crisis de Identidad.. Que Hacer se le Roban su Identidad (PDF)

Todo sebre el Robo de Identidad (PDF)

Remediando los Efectos del Robo de Identidad (PDF)

Publication of the Department of Housing and Urban Development:

Home Buyer's Vocabulary

Publications of the Department of the Treasury:

Taking Ownership of the Future Quick Reference Guide (PDF)

Taking Ownership of the Future (PDF)
Spanish: Aduenandonos del futuro (PDF)

Publications of USAGov:

State Insurance Regulators

How to Find Your State Banking Authorities

A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies

Publication of the National Council of State Housing Agencies:

State Housing Finance Agencies

Publications of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York:

What is the relationship between the discount rate and mortgage rates?

Understanding the Federal Budget (PDF)

Interest Rates: An Introduction

Publications of the Securities and Exchange Commission:

Beginner's Guide to Financial Statements

Check Out Brokers and Investment Advisers

Invest Wisely: An Introduction to Mutual Funds

Variable Annuities: What You Should Know

Publication of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation:

Insuring Your Deposits (PDF)

Publication of the Department of Labor:

Savings Fitness: A Guide to Your Money and Your Financial Future (PDF)