Archive for March, 2009


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ISSUE IN-DEPTH: FORECLOSURES: State must aid homeowners
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
Families would have better chances to keep their homes if the principal reflected the home’s fair market value today. Congress should approve proposed legislation allowing bankruptcy judges to reduce the principal amount of mortgage loans for
Hard to believe, but we all benefits from plan The Coloradoan
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Washington Post
The Next Hit: Quick Defaults
Washington Post, United States
By last fall, more than two dozen FHA home loans on average were defaulting this way every day, seven days a week. The overall default rate on FHA loans is accelerating rapidly as well but not as dramatically as that of instant defaults.
A Waiting Game for Refinancing New York Times
Lenders too slow to modify mortgages Chicago Daily Herald
FHA — That's Housing — Is Back in Demand Washington Post
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Boston Globe
Obama's Mortgage Relief Plan: The Details
Hartford Courant, United States
The 31 percent target income level would apply only to the borrower's primary mortgage payment; second mortgages, home equity loans and other consumer debt would not be included. However, administration officials said they will offer other financial
Video: Obama's Housing Plan: Just the Facts The Associated Press
Obama Housing Plan: What You Need to Know New York Times
Details of plan to rescue housing San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Post Intelligencer - The Associated Press
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How Obama mortgage modification plan might help
San Francisco Chronicle,  USA
The $75 billion program seeks to stop the nation's foreclosure hemorrhage by making home loans more affordable for 3 million to 4 million at-risk homeowners. It sets up incentives for loan servicers to modify mortgages, a way for them to assess

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New York Times
Mortgage Fraud Case Poses Federal Quandary
New York Times, United States
Waver Brickhouse, 69, at home in Brownsville, Brooklyn, says that fraud by a mortgage rescue firm has left her in financial peril. By MICHAEL POWELL Waver Brickhouse, gray-haired and soft-spoken, has come undone twice during the nation’s housing crisis

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Careful steps with home loan save pain
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia
Simple steps in handling a housing loan can ensure Australian home-owners keep their mortgage sound, a mortgage manager says. Australian Mortgage Options managing director Robert Projeski said borrowers could take elementary measures to ensure they did

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