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How to Finance Vital Home Repairs When You Have No Equity
4:00PM 8/25/2011
Financial advice columnist Laura Rowley recently received an email from a homeowner who had negotiated a successful mortgage modification, but may end up as a short-sale candidate anyway -- because she can't finance home repairs. Her options are limited, but possible solutions do exist.
Iowa AG: Mortgage Problems Stretch Far Beyond 'Robo-Signing'
9:45PM 11/16/2010
Economy, JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Wells Fargo & Co, Real Estate
In a Senate panel hearing Monday, the Iowa attorney general said the problems in the home-loan industry extend well beyond just "robo-signing." A system-wide overhaul is needed, he said. But banks say any mistakes were merely procedural. Were homeowners wrongly forced out of their homes?
Obama Hits Brakes on a Bill That Could Speed Foreclosures
8:30PM 10/07/2010
Putting the brakes on the bill, which the House of Representatives passed in April and the Senate approved last month, signals caution at a time when allegations of flawed foreclosure documents are popping up across the nation.
Mortgage Rates Fall to New Record Low: 4.27%
12:33PM 10/07/2010
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage fell to a bargain-basement 4.27% for the week ending Oct. 7, a new record low, Freddie Mac announced Thursday. That's down from the 4.32% rate last week, and way below the 4.87% rate that prevailed at this time last year.
Reporting loan modification scams gets easier
3:00PM 4/26/2010
Loan modification scams just won't go away, with new reports daily. But now a coalition of nonprofits has come together to make it easier to report the scams to authorities via a new electronic form.
The form adds to an already robust effort by one of the partners, NeighborWorks -- detailed...
This is enough to make me want to move to Pennsylvania. The state will give you a loan of up to $60,000 to pay your mortgage and taxes to keep your house if you lose your job.
Whoever thought of this program, I am sending you cyber hugs. No, no, actually, I am nominating you for president. You...
Mortgage modification program isn't stopping homeowner defaults
11:00AM 12/06/2009
The idea behind the $75 billion Home Affordable Mortgage Program is to give homeowners facing foreclosure a means to get lower monthly payments and stay in their houses. The participants must successfully complete a trial period and provide additional documentation to prove that they're able to...
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