HAMP modifications are about to start seeing rates reset higher, and Treasury says more foreclosures will be the result. ... (Continue reading)
I know... you think not modifying those loans is punishing the homeowners for getting in over their heads... but in realty, it's not punishing them... it's punishing you... you are running about, commenting on blogs, advocating the kicking of your... (Continue reading)
Hey, McDevitt... you have no idea what you're talking about most of the time, do you. Expert? Published author? As seen on television? What were you on T.V. for... oh yeah... were you one of the... (Continue reading)
How about if we all write letters to our elected representatives demanding to know the answer to this question, because the answer has the very definite potential to save many billions in unnecessary taxpayer funded expenditures associated with the current... (Continue reading)
They did it again, damn it. The Harvard contingent that's packed in like sardines in this administration once again demonstrated that they have no idea what they're doing when it comes to the foreclosure crisis.... (Continue reading)
On Friday, the White House is expected to announce an expansion of the president's Making Home Affordable loan modification program to include reducing the mortgage loan balances for some homeowners, and providing additional temporary assistance to unemployed homeowners. ... (Continue reading)
The plan was announced last April. Treasury released guidelines in August. And five weeks ago, Bank of America, with three million seconds, signed up. Five weeks ago. Stop it... they've been busy.... (Continue reading)
When Obama introduced Making Home Affordable he claimed that the program would help 3-4 million homeowners, but as it turns out, the program has at best helped... and I use the term "helped" very loosely... about 170,000 homeowners to-date. ... (Continue reading)
We need judges to be able to write down mortgages on primary residences because the banks aren't doing it voluntarily, the administration's Making Home Affordable plan isn't working, and the result continues to be millions of foreclosures that are destroying... (Continue reading)
As a nation, we don't want to modify mortgages for the benefit of those in foreclosure, we need to modify mortgages for the benefit of those not yet in foreclosure. Or in other words, don't modify my neighbor's mortgage... (Continue reading)
Housing counselors and lending experts say that HAMP is having a meaningful impact on the global foreclosure rate, and Lucely Figures, a housing economist at Muddy's expects at least another 3 billion loan modifications next year. ... (Continue reading)
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston released the results of its in-depth study on President Obama's plan to solve the foreclosure crisis, and the conclusions shocked politicians and bureaucrats alike from coast to coast. ... (Continue reading)