Decoding President Obama’s Housing and Loan Modification Plan
–>Still Confused by Whether the President’s “Making Home Affordable Plan” Will Help You? We Asked Quicken Loans Chief Economist Bob Walters to Decipher the Loan Modification and Refinance Plan.
If you’re like everyone else in America, you’ve probably heard about the President’s recently unveiled plan to help millions of homeowners to refinance or modify their mortgages.
However, despite plenty of Read more
Details of $75 Billion Loan Modification & Refinancing Programs Released
The details of the federal government's $75 billion loan modification and refinancing plans were released this morning. According to Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan, the plan could help financially stabilize up to 9 million homeowners.
The plan is outlined as 2 parts: one to modify loans for struggling homeowners and the second to refinance loans for homeowners with little or no equity.
The first is to aid homeowners Read more
Government Announces Loan Modification & Foreclosure Prevention Plan
On Tuesday, the Bush Administration laid out a plan to rescue struggling homeowners and put an end to the crippling housing market.
The plan is based around the mortgages held by now government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The details of the plan are as follows:
What homeowners are eligible? This plan, like many others, is only available for mortgages on homes in which the owner lives in. Even further restricting, the homeowner Read more
Streamlined Loan Modification Program Unveiled
The FHFA has announced details of a streamlined loan modification program similar to the one in place at Indymac Federal Bank, aimed at helping seriously delinquent borrowers.
The aptly named “Streamlined Modification Program” is a collaboration of the FHFA (Fannie and Freddie’s new regulator), FHA, Treasury, and Hope Now (along with its 27 servicer partners), but does not provide any direct government Read more