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HAMP program enhancements offer modifications to more underwater homeowners

It may be impossible to reach every struggling homeowner, but the Obama Administration’s upgrades to Making Home Affordable programs should increase the number of homeowners who need help. For the...

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Video: Mortgage modifications by the numbers

This four-part video series offers a step-by-step approach to a mortgage modification. The series offers a look at the host of documents you’ll have to complete, need-to-know background information and...

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Obama budget proposes Mortgage Debt Relief Act extension

The Mortgage Debt Relief Act (MDRA) of 2007 is getting a vote of confidence from the Obama Administration. The administration's 2013 national budget proposal includes a provision to extend MDRA through...

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Mortgage servicers fiddled while homeowners were burned by foreclosure abuse

The National Mortgage Settlement prompted California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris to call for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to temporarily suspend all foreclosure sales in California as a “a...

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Most consumers don’t have a clue about HAMP, HARP

Recent enhancements to government programs designed to bail out more underwater homeowners and save others from foreclosure could be lost on millions of Americans. Most consumers don’t even know...

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Mortgage lenders again charged with foreclosure abuse during national...

"Like bombing civilians during a military cease fire," mortgage lenders continued foreclosure abuses during National Mortgage Settlement negotiations, right up until the agreement was signed - if not...

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Con artists leeching off new, improved federal mortgage and foreclosure...

It’s not just the National Mortgage Settlement’s promise of restitution for those abused by foreclosure tactics that’s drawing swindlers out of the woodwork. Double-dealers trying to hustle already...

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Infographic: When is foreclosure right for you?

Only bankruptcy is more damaging to your credit than a foreclosure. Nevertheless, there are times when a foreclosure can make sense to your household’s bottom line. First, be aware: • Even if you...

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Special HARP-, HAMP-like programs reaching rural America

USDA offers special refinance and mortgage modification programs, but just because the programs are sponsored by USDA doesn't mean you have to raise chickens, grow corn or herd cows to qualify.

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National Mortgage Settlement processing paltry payments for foreclosure abuses

National Mortgage Settlement payments are relatively small compensation for abuses suffered during foreclosure and offer little consolation for the loss of homeownership.

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Home equity grows 13.5% since 2011

After a sharp first quarter rise, total equity has grown to $863 billion, or 13.5 percent, since the end of 2011 and the number of underwater borrowers has declined by 11 percent.

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How to wait out creeping home equity gain

Home equity gain is growing, but if your home lost 50 percent or more of its value, the current rate of gain may not restore your original purchase value for a decade or more. Think like an investor...

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National Mortgage Settlement oversight office publishes updated settlement...

"Continued Progress: A Report from the Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement," says banks disclosed that they have extended more than $26.11 billion in relief to more than 300,000 borrowers,...

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Consumer watchdog snares mortgage loan modification scams

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) halted two alleged mortgage loan modification scams that ripped-off thousands nationwide, taking in more than $10 million with their schemes.

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California Homeowner Bill of Rights effective Jan. 1, 2013

Know your rights. Effective Jan. 1, 2013 the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, extends key consumer mortgage and foreclosure protections to California homeowners, mortgage borrowers and renters....

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California Realtors push for state-level mortgage debt forgiveness tax relief

The California Association of Realtors (CAR) is lobbying to reinstall California's expired mortgage debt forgiveness tax relief, which expired Dec. 31, along with the federal version.

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Freddie Mac offers delinquent borrowers streamlined modification

Eligible borrowers won't have to submit documentation, but can accept a Streamlined Modification offer simply by making the trial period payments, under Freddie Mac's Streamlined Modification program,...

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HAMP, MHAP programs extended through 2015

The Obama Administration has announced an extension, through December 31, 2015, on its successful Making Home Affordable (MHAP) Programs, including other provisions of the Home Affordable Modification...

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National Mortgage Settlement compliance failures laced with 60,000 consumer...

Consumer advocates already knew banks were failing to comply with provisions of the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement, an agreement between mortgage lenders, states and the federal government to...

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