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How to write an effective hardship letter
Like many Americans, you may have fallen on tough times and have either started to fall behind on mortgage payments or you are bound to shortly. You've heard that the government has programs that may ...
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Struggling with your Mortgage Payment Due to Unemployment?
Through MHA's Home Affordable Unemployment Program (UP), depending on your situation, your mortgage payments may be reduced to 31 percent of your income or suspended altogether for 12 months or more. ...
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Mind your Mortgage
Mind Your Mortgage by Robert Bernabe is a great resource for both people searching for their first mortgage and people who already have a mortgage. Like he says in the book, most things we purchase th...
Posted on 2/4/11 at 8:26 AM
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BofA closes one mortgage lawsuit, another lingers

As soon as Bank of America puts one mortgage-related lawsuit behind it, another always seems to rear its head.

By Associated Press , April 17, 2013

$25B settlement reached over foreclosure abuses

WASHINGTON (AP) — A landmark $25 billion settlement with the nation's top mortgage lenders was hailed by government officials Thursday as long-overdue relief for victims of foreclosure abuses. But consumer advocates countered that far too few people will benefit.

February 09, 2012

States, banks reach foreclosure-abuse settlement

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. states have reached a $25 billion deal with the nation's biggest mortgage lenders over foreclosure abuses that occurred after the housing bubble burst.

February 09, 2012

ND rancher to plead guilty in mortgage fraud case

A North Dakota rancher says he will plead guilty to selling mortgaged cattle, horses and vehicles and keeping the money.

September 17, 2011

Era of super-low mortgage rates appears to be over

NEW YORK (AP) — The days of the absurdly low mortgage rate are over. The average rate for a 30-year home loan rose above 5 percent this week for the first time since last April — just as Americans are feeling more secure in their jobs and confident about the economy, and just before the big spring home-buying rush.

February 11, 2011

Nearly 50 percent leave mortgage-aid program

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of the 1.3 million homeowners who enrolled in the Obama administration’s flagship mortgage-relief program have fallen out. The program is intended to help those at risk of foreclosure by lowering their monthly mortgage payments. Friday’s report from the Treasury Department suggests the $75 billion government effort is failing to slow the tide of foreclosures in the United States, economists say.

By By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press , August 21, 2010

Freddie Mac: Mortgage rates hit low for year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week to the lowest level of the year and were barely shy of the all-time low.

June 10, 2010

Rising home sales likely to cool despite low rates

May 24, 2010

Mortgage rates jump to 5.3 percent

The era of record-low mortgage rates is over. The average rate on a 30-year loan has jumped from about 5 percent to more than 5.3 percent in just the past week. As mortgages get more expensive, more would-be homeowners are priced out of the market — a threat to the fragile recovery in the housing market.

April 08, 2010

U.S. tries new fix for mortgage crisis

The government’s bold new plan to stem the foreclosure crisis aims to succeed where previous efforts have fallen flat. Yet just as before, the odds are long, and many struggling borrowers won’t qualify. In theory, the effort unveiled Friday would help millions of troubled homeowners who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth, or who are jobless and need a break on their payments.

March 27, 2010

No bailouts for mortgage borrowers

The nation’s banks suddenly find themselves under pressure to throw greater lifelines to their most troubled mortgage borrowers. But don’t expect every struggling borrower to get a bailout.

March 26, 2010

Debate on the future of Fannie, Freddie heats up

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers are starting to wrestle with how to replace Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the mortgage giants that nearly collapsed at the start of the financial meltdown.

March 23, 2010

Man sentenced to three years for mortgage scheme

A 30-year-old Alexandria, Minn., man was sentenced in federal court Monday for concealing more than $400,000 in payments to himself and others from mortgage loan proceeds.

By Forum Communications Co. report , March 10, 2010

Fewer people falling behind on home loans

The end of the foreclosure crisis is finally in sight. For the first time in almost three years, the number of homeowners falling behind on their loans is declining.

By By Alan Zibel, The Associated Press , February 20, 2010

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Obama mortgage relief program fails

President Barack Obama’s plan to fix the foreclosure crisis has been a dud, putting the housing market recovery at risk.

January 16, 2010

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