Topic: Loan Modification

Posted on: Friday, March 12, 2010
Economic Thaw
Economic Thaw

RealtyTrac credits the drop to “Foreclosure prevention policies and government legislation [which] are artificially distorting supply and demand equilibrium in the housing market.”

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Posted on: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Mortgage Applications Rise
Mortgage Applications Rise

Mortgage applications rebounded last week, particularly refis. Purchase activity remains subdued,

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Posted on: Monday, February 22, 2010
Permanent Loan Mods Soar
Permanent Loan Mods Soar

An additional 76,000 borrowers have been offered permanent loan mods where the paperwork still has to be signed and returned. The program passed a milestone, with more than one million trial three month loan mods granted, up from 902,620 the month before.

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Posted on: Saturday, February 20, 2010
More Mortgage Help
More Mortgage Help

In Nevada, California, Michigan, Florida and Arizona; average home prices have dropped more than 20%. The money will be shared based on a formula that factors in the number of unemployed residents and the net drop in home prices.

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Posted on: Monday, February 15, 2010
Jumbo Delinquencies Up
Jumbo Delinquencies Up

The deterioration in performance is really the combination of two things going on: rising unemployment that took place throughout 2009 as well as our estimate that about a third of all jumbo loans that are current are underwater in terms of the value

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Posted on: Friday, February 12, 2010
Foreclosures Drop 10%
Foreclosures Drop 10%

Nevada topped the states in foreclosure rate for the 37th straight month with one in every 95 homes getting a foreclosure notice, more than four times the national average

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Posted on: Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Loan Mod Score Card
Loan Mod Score Card

At the top of the list was Saxon Mortgage modifying half of its 72,709 eligible home loans. Of these 7.6% were made permanent with 9.1% washing out of the plan. Saxon was followed closely by CitiMortgage

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Posted on: Friday, February 5, 2010
FTC Seeks Ban on Upfront Loan Modification Fees
FTC Seeks Ban on Upfront Loan Modification Fees

Yesterday the Federal Trade Commission, in a unanimous 4-0 vote sought to protect distressed mortgage borrowers from one of the biggest sources of fraud in the loan modification business, charging homeowners upfront fees. Under the proposed rule, mortgage relief companies could only collect after providing services.
“Homeowners facing foreclosure or struggling to make mortgage payments shouldn’t [...]

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Posted on: Monday, January 18, 2010
Loan Modifications Up
Loan Modifications Up

The Obama Administration’s Home Affordable Program, HAMP, had been heavily criticized for not doing enough to forestall foreclosures, which hit 2.8 million homeowners in 2009.

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Posted on: Monday, December 21, 2009
End of Sub 5% Refi?
End of Sub 5% Refi?

This past week, mortgage giant Freddie Mac’s survey showed that the average interest on a 30 fixed mortgage had inched up to 4.94%. Across the board, expect rates to then head up pushed by the expanding budget deficit, and inflation pressures caused by a rebounding economy

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