A defining feature of the 2008 recession was the staggering number of people who lost their homes. While there were 717,522 foreclosures in 2006, according to the Pew Research Center, that number ...

So ends George Orwell’s dystopian “Fairy Story” classic, Animal Farm, about the pig-led animal revolt on an English farm. The animals saw in the end that their leaders had slowly become exactly like ...

Late in April, I went on Fox Business TV news to discuss the Home Affordable Modification Program with Gerri Willis. About halfway through the interview, Gerri asked me if I felt “government should ...

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to kill the HAMP program to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure, although the bill is unlikely to clear the Senate. Republicans say HAMP is ineffective and not ...

The Mortgage Bankers Association revealed a new program proposal on Friday that is designed to be successor program to the Home Affordable Modification Program, which is scheduled to wrap up at the ...

The Home Affordable Modification Program was a godsend to many troubled homeowners after the financial crisis, allowing tens of thousands of mortgage holders to reduce their monthly payments to no ...

* Fitch-End of hamp comes against backdrop of improved economy, strong home price growth, which has reduced need for loan modifications in recent years Sign up here. * Fitch-There are several ...

A broad coalition of state and national organizations is pushing to preserve a key federal program that has helped more than 1.1 million troubled homeowners and reduced mortgage payments by a median ...

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This program describes the developments in the courts after the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals' opinion in Wigod v. Wells Fargo, including the growing influence of Wigod on the "end run" theory and ...

Mortgages modified through the main federal relief program fell into delinquency at about half the rate as those in other plans because the government provides bigger payment reductions, the Treasury ...

Little Rock - A government program designed to "help" homeowners has instead created a major headache for some Arkansans. Take Kenneth Brown for example. From his East End upbringing to the military ...