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Over 360,000 borrowers have taken advantage of Fed’s Loan Modification Program

Dennis Norman

Earlier this week the Treasury Department released it’s eight “Tranche” report updating the status of the TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) which includes the Home Affordable Modification Programthat I have written about on several occasions.  The report shows that progress is being made with regard to loan modifications with $27.07 billion, of [...]

Homebuyer Tax Credit Best Tool for Sustaining Housing Recovery, Says NAR

Dennis Norman

The best available tool for sustaining the still-fragile housing market is the $8,000 homebuyer tax credit, (expires November 30) and it is essential that Congress extend the credit into 2010, the National Association of Realtors® testified at a hearing of the U.S. House Small Business Committee yesterday.

NAR Regional Vice President Joseph L. [...]

Jobs and ability to make payments; two biggest barriers to home ownership survey shows

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Realtor.Com and the National Association of REALTORS(R) released the results of it’s National Home Ownership Survey today.  The survey, which focused on affordability, foreclosures and refinancing showed: Employment concerns and the ability to make mortgage payments are the greatest barriers to home ownership today.  This is particularly true for those people [...]

Mortgage delinquencies increase again but loan modifications appear to be working

Dennis Norman

By: Dennis Norman

Today the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Office of the Thrift Supervision (OTS) released their mortgage metrics report for 1st quarter 2009.   The report covers the performance of 34 million home loans in the US.

The report shows that delinquencies and foreclosures continue to [...]