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More Consumers Redefault on Modified Mortgages

The federal government has been trying for several years to help consumers with underwater home loans to rectify these problems …

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Government Homeowner Aid

For much of the last year, the housing market has generally been on a slow but steady path toward improvement, …

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CFPB Warns of Mortgage Modification Scam

The housing market has been slowly recovering for most of the year, but the fact remains that millions of Americans …

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More Underwater Homeowners to Get Mortgage Help

In the past, many have criticized the federal government’s various home loan assistance programs. In order to help more people …

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Fed: Anti-Foreclosure Programs Can Succeed

By now the government knows how to create a program that totally stinks at preventing foreclosures. As we reported late …

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Treasury- Top Three Banks Still Horrible at Mortgage Modifications

The nation’s three largest bank-owned loan servicers are doing such a poor job modifying mortgages for distressed homeowners that the …

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Family’s Loan Modification Troubles End in Success, For Now

In March we told you about Bevin Beckage, a mother of three who spent nine months wrestling with Wells Fargo …

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The U.S Congress voted 252 to 170 on Tuesday to kill the Obama Administration’s signature program aimed at reversing the …

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Talking on the phone recently, Bevin Beckage read the bank’s letter again and laughed. Denied a modification of her mortgage …

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If you have a mortgage you worry you may not be able to repay, bank regulators in all 50 states …

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