mortgage loan modification

    By Jorgen Wouters

    | 4:00PM 8/26/2010
    Concerted efforts designed to prevent unnecessary foreclosures have reduced the amount of mortgage redefaults, says a group of state attorneys general and banking regulators. But the group also expressed concern that foreclosures continue to outnumber loan modifications. According to a report...

    By Charles Feldman

    | 9:00AM 12/19/2009
    Signer beware! Turns out the forms homeowners fill out to apply for lower monthly mortgage payments for three months while waiting for more permanent relief contain a potentially lethal booby trap courtesy of the U.S. Treasury Department. According to a report in the Miami Herald, the forms require...

    By Charles Feldman

    | 7:00PM 12/12/2009
    Guess those mortgage bankers showed Congress who's the boss ... They are! Only a day after the Mortgage Bankers Association fired off a stern letter of warning to Congressional leaders about attempts to change foreclosure bankruptcy laws to ease the plight of those facing foreclosure and help end...