Account Creation

HECM Counselor Exam Registration Center: Net Certification Link Under New User? click on Browse the Catalog

  1. Click on Add To Cart to the left of "HECM Counselor Exam"
  2. Click on 'Checkout in the lower right hand corner
  3. Scroll down under New Account on the right side of the page, and type in the information requested:
    • Legal Name
    • Address
    • Phone Number
    • Email AddressThis email will be used to send you important information once you pass the exam, please use an up to date email address.
    • ID and passwordWrite this information down, as you will need it to complete the registration process.
    • Date of Birth
    • Last four digits of your social security number
    • Complete name of your housing counseling agencyIf you are not yet employed at an agency, HUD has indicated test takers enter “No Agency” as a place holder.
    • The HUD Housing Counseling System (HUD HCS) ID number for your agency. This is a five digit number that begins with an "8." If your agency is an affiliate of a national intermediary for housing counseling, the intermediary contact can provide this number.If you are not yet employed at an agency, HUD has indicted test takers enter “80000” as a place holder.
    • If you have an account on FHA Connection, enter it here.  This helps HUD process data for those taking the exam for requalification.
  1. Click the Submit button at the bottom of the page

CHANGES IN YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION If at any time after you register, there is a change in your personal information, please be sure to re-enter the online Registration Center using your "Student ID Login" and "Student Password" to change it.