Loan Modification is the process of modifying the current terms of Loan or Mortgage so as to bring the interest rates down so as to save the American Homeowners from foreclosures. How ever according to some news reports it was feared that modified loans can greatly lower the credit scores, affecting the chances for taking … Read more
A growing recognition that the Obama Administration’s Home Affordability and Stability Program (HASP) is not working in its current design has fingers pointed all over Washington D.C. trying to place blame on mortgage servicers, investors and the administration itself. At hearings this week in Washington, comments ranged from encouraging to total frustration as expressed by … Read more
As the Treasury and the Department of Housing and Urban Development meet with loan servicers to discuss how to quicken the pace of loan relief in the form of loan modifications the reasons/excuses for their slow rollout are being presented by industry watchers and economists. Faced with increasing frustration on all fronts, the aim of … Read more
Up until a few months ago, lenders were not modifying loans for home owners that were on time with there payments. So if you have been considering to miss a few mortgage payments to encourage your lender to modify your loan, you may want to re-consider. Normally lenders would only grant loan modifications to home … Read more
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz was recently joined by California Attorney General Jerry Brown to announce the initiation of “Operation Loan Lies”, a coordinated national law enforcement effort to crack down on mortgage loan modification scams. The operation has already filed 189 actions by 25 federal and state agencies against fraudulent loan shops that … Read more