Dec 13th 2011 7:00AM
Here comes another black eye for the Fed's much-maligned mortgage modification program. Housingwire reporter Jon Prior has crunched the numbers and found that the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is most effective when it actually reduces the principal owed on upside-down mortgages, not just extending borrowers'... Continue Reading »
Nov 17th 2011 4:15PM
The federal government has shut down 85 alleged online loan modification scams, and secured the cooperation of Google to stop the purportedly false advertising by those web operations. The government agency responsible for supervising the use of Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds recently targeted businesses that... Continue Reading »
Oct 25th 2011 11:00AM
WASHINGTON -- Today's record-low mortgage rates are out of reach for millions of U.S. homeowners who would benefit from them most. One in four homeowners with a mortgage -- 11 million people -- owe more than their home is worth. These "underwater" borrowers have virtually no shot at refinancing. Their plight is a drag on... Continue Reading »
Oct 11th 2011 5:01PM
By Stefanos Chen and Teke Wiggin A few blocks away from the youth-led drum circles and costumed theatrics of Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy Wall Street protests, some 15,000 activists, labor supporters and all-around rabble-rousers were preparing to march on the canyons of Lower Manhattan. "They just called... Continue Reading »
Oct 6th 2011 1:30PM
WASHINGTON -- For the third consecutive month, the Obama administration's signature housing help plan posted the lowest numbers of preliminary mortgage modifications since the program's start in the spring of 2009. Just 13,000 homeowners received initial mortgage modifications from the Home Affordable Modification Program... Continue Reading »
