By Dennis Norman, on January 29th, 2010
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This week the Treasury Department issed a report which included stats on the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) which is part of the Obama administrations’ Making Home Affordable Program and “is a loan modification program designed to reduce delinquent and at-risk borrowers’ monthly mortgage payments”. The HAMP program got underway around March of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on December 11th, 2009
Dennis Norman
This week the Treasury Department issed a report which included stats on the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) which is part of the Obama administrations’ Making Home Affordable Program and “is a loan modification program designed to reduce delinquent and at-risk borrowers’ monthly mortgage payments”. The HAMP program got underway around March of this [...]
By Dennis Norman, on October 7th, 2009
To alleviate some suffering by homeowners, the Obama Administration introduced the “Making Homes Affordable” plan last March. Unfortunately, the plan has not yet had the intended effect.
Article by the Grand Law Firm
Economists debate whether or not the country is actually currently in a recession. Some say that there are positive signs that we have reached [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 30th, 2009
Dennis Norman
In an effort to help delinquent borrowers obtain Loan Modifications under the Affordable Refinance Program of the Making Home Affordable Program Freddie Mac has hired a company to come to borrowers homes and help them put together the documents and complete other actions needed to begin their three-month trial payment periods under the Affordable Refinance Program.
The [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 16th, 2009
Dennis Norman
According to a study conducted by First American CoreLogicentitled “How the U.S. Consumer Has Benefited from Mortgage Finance Programs in 2009″, projections are there will be $2.3 billion in mortgages refinanced as a result of the Fed’s “Making Home Affordable” plan. According to the study, the median individual monthly savings was $120.
“ The quantitative easing policies of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on September 14th, 2009
Dennis Norman
Included in the “Making Home Affordable” program from the Obama administration is the “Home Affordable Modification Plan” (HAMP) designed to help 3 to 4 million home owners by modifying their existing loans to help them be more affordable.
Last week, Michael S. Barr, the Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, testified before a congressional sub-committee on the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 16th, 2009
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By: Dennis Norman
The government has taken steps to curtail the rate of foreclosures and help those homeowners that are facing foreclosure with the “Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009″ and the “Making Home Affordable” program however the number of homeowners facing foreclosure is setting records.
As I stated in a post a couple of [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 8th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Today Freddie Mac posted a new video on You Tube that shows borrowers that cannot afford their current mortgage payments how to properly approach their lender to see if they qualify for a loan modification under the Making Home Affordable Program, or under one of Freddie Mac’s other workout programs.
According to Freddie [...]
By Dennis Norman, on July 6th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Effective the 1st of this month The Federal Housing Finance Agency has authorized Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to expand the Home Affordable Refiance Program (HARP) to homeowners who are current on their mortgage payments from the present maximum loan to value of 105% to 125%.
The program is designed to allow [...]
By Dennis Norman, on April 29th, 2009
Dennis Norman
By: Dennis Norman
Do you have a second mortgage on your home? Do you feel that you are “underwater” in terms of the debt versus the equity in your home? If so, there may be help.
Yesterday the Obama administration announced details of a new efforts to help bring relief to responsible homeowners under the [...]
By Dennis Norman, on April 10th, 2009
Dennis Norman
On the same day Congress pass the Economic Recovery Plan in February Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner introduced the
Financial Stability Plan. Included in this plan is the Making Home Affordable Program in an effort to stabilize the housing market and help 7 to 9 million Americans reduce their mortgage payments to more affordable levels.
There are two [...]
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