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Most Borrowers Targeted for Mortgage Relief Don’t Qualify
8 hours ago ago from RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com
A majority of the 3.2 million borrowers targeted by the U.S. Treasury Department for mortgage relief under the administration’s foreclosure prevention program are unlikely to qualify, an agency official said. “Although we know that not every borrower will qualify for a permanent modification, we are disappointed in the permanent modification results so far,” said Allison, who is the former chief executive officer for federally controlled ...
Related contentPresident Obama’s Mortgage Modifications Destined to Fail
6 hours ago ago from RelistrReal Estate News, Mortgage, Housing, Homes For Sale - Relistr.com
The loan modification program is “destined to fail” because it doesn’t confront the real problem of negative home equity that is driving foreclosures, Amherst Securities Group LP’s Laurie Goodman told Congress. “If policies continue to kick the can down the road working with a modification problem that does not address negative equity delinquencies will continue to spiral with no end in sight,” Goodman said in testimony to the House ...
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6 hours ago ago from Arizona Mortgage News
Help may be available to borrowers that have claims against their mortgage loan providers for violating the Truth in Lending Act and other laws governing loan transactions. Such violations are a possible defense to a mortgage foreclosure. If there is a violation, you may be able to void the mortgage and assign 100% of your payments toward the principal. You may also be able to recover financial damages. You can find additional factual ...
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Related contentStop Paying Your Mortgage?
3 hours ago ago from HomeMortgage911.com
The AP reports University of Arizona professor Brent White recommends troubled homeowners stop paying their mortgage. For people in trouble, despite the destruction done to their credit, this is certainly an attractive option. If enough troubled borrowers overwhelm the system it will force banks hand and perhaps just perhaps get us out of this prolonged disaster a bit faster. The banks certainly walked away from their responsibility and piled ...
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Lawmakers impatient with Obama mortgage plan
6 hours ago ago from U.S. News
Lawmakers impatient with Obama mortgage plan WASHINGTON (AP) -- Only one in three homeowners who have signed up for the Obama administration's mortgage relief plan have sent back the necessary paperwork, highlighting continuing problems for the government's effort to stem the foreclosure crisis. The poor results from the mortgage industry drew sharp criticism from House Financial Services Committee members Tuesday. Since the program was ...
Related contentCongress demands banks do more on mortgages
4 hours ago ago from CNN Money
Homeowners in trouble are having mixed results applying for President Obama's foreclosure prevention plan. CNNMoney.com readers tell us their tribulations and triumphs trying to get their loans modified or refinanced. Mortgage Rates 30 yr fixed mtg 5.01% 15 yr fixed mtg 4.51% 30 yr fixed jumbo mtg 5.88% 5/1 ARM 4.30% 5/1 jumbo ARM 4.94% ...
Related contentJPMorgan CEO: Bank sees more mortgage losses
3 hours ago ago from U.S. News
JPMorgan CEO: Bank sees more mortgage losses CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- JPMorgan Chase & Co.'s CEO said Tuesday that the bank sees additional losses on home loans next year even as the economy shows slight improvements. Jamie Dimon told investors at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services conference in New York that his bank is seeing initial signs of stability in consumer delinquency trends, but he also warned that it is not certain if the ...
Related contentRecasting Exotic Loans Will Lead to Mortgage Crisis as Large as Subprime in 2010
7 hours ago ago from Good News Now
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Many exotic Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARMs) will recast in 2010, leading to a mortgage crisis as large as subprime in the New Year, according to the Consumer Mortgage Audit Center. "We've spoken to Florida attorneys who sit at the forefront of the U.S. foreclosure crisis and have learned that 53 percent expect recasting ARMs to present a mortgage crisis as large as subprime and 61 percent expect ...
Related contentWashington turns up heat on banks to bring down mortgage payments
10 hours ago ago from WalletPop
They've been summoned. The big banks and mortgage lenders that hold the key to loan modifications have been summoned to Washington for what is supposed to be some heavy duty arm twisting to get them to put pedal to the metal and bring down mortgage payments at a much faster rate. Among the institutions ordered to D.C., are Bank of America and Citigroup . But there have been many attempts to get the banks to stop their foot dragging and ...
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