CreditSmart®
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Freddie Mac strongly supports credit education and financial literacy, believing that well-informed and well-prepared homebuyers are on the best path to enjoying successful and sustainable homeownership. As part of that ongoing commitment, Freddie Mac developed CreditSmart, a multilingual financial education curriculum and consumer outreach initiative designed to help consumers build and maintain better credit, make sound financial decisions, and understand the steps to sustainable homeownership. CreditSmart increases consumers' financial understanding by teaching life-long money management skills and showing consumers how to avoid costly mistakes.
Wide Appeal
CreditSmart is available in English, Spanish (CreditSmart Español), plus Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese (CreditSmart Asian). The multilingual CreditSmart curricula were each developed with great care and participation from a variety of community groups who helped direct not only the substance and presentation approach, but also the layout and style of workshop materials.
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Learn more about how your organization can offer financial education through the CreditSmart curriculum in your community.
Understanding Marketplace Needs
Freddie Mac has developed a variety of online resources to help housing professionals guide consumers through the various stages of the homeownership process and meet the changing needs of the marketplace.
- Visit the Housing Professionals Resource Center for access to materials designed specifically for housing counselors.
- Take advantage of the Best Practices in Foreclosure Intervention Counseling series of case studies.
- Reach and teach consumers with the nine different brochures in our Homeownership Education series, covering topics including educating potential homebuyers, protecting borrowers during the homebuying process, and helping homeowners protect their home investment and avoid foreclosure.
- Read our key research findings regarding the financial and credit needs of women.