Follow this author to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Homeowners listen to a counselor at the Cow Palace in Daly City, Calif., on ...

(Note: In part one of this two-part series on loan modification programs, I’ll set the table by examining loan counseling companies, and see what, if anything, they bring to the table. In part two, ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. program aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure has been oversold by the Treasury Department and is likely to be a failure when it wraps up in 2012, a ...

If you’re looking for better mortgage terms, loan modification and refinance can be viable options to improve your financial health. Financial struggles can happen to anyone, but homeowners have ...

A mortgage loan modification is a relief option designed for borrowers experiencing long-term financial hardships that make it impossible for them to keep up with payments. The goal is to reduce your ...

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FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair has announced that IndyMac Federal Bank FSB will implement a new program to systematically modify troubled mortgages. The program is designed to achieve affordable and ...

I heard no one can get loan modifications after this year — that the programs expire. Is that true? — Bruce D., of Henderson No. It isn’t. When people talk about loan modification or foreclosure ...

Forget the federal loan-modification program, which has struggled to get much done. Apparently the easiest way to get a loan modification these days is to have a news reporter make a call for you.

A loan program that can help with housing costs is flying under the radar in Berkshire County. The Home Modification Loan Program is a state-funded initiative that provides up to $50,000 in financing ...