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Obama Mortgage Refinancing Plan: A Bailout by Any Other Name - National Legal and Policy Center


National Legal and Policy Center

Obama Mortgage Refinancing Plan: A Bailout by Any Other Name
National Legal and Policy Center
The Federal Reserve purchased $1.25 trillion in mortgage securities to keep mortgage rates down. And the Obama administration created the still-operative Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) to make ...
CAR applauds Obama's proposal to help troubled homeownersRealEstateRama (press release)
President Comes to Area, Announces Homeowners Bill of RightsVirginia Connection Newspapers

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Mortgage Bonds Face Eye of Storm as Refinancings Decline: Credit Markets - Bloomberg


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Mortgage Bonds Face Eye of Storm as Refinancings Decline: Credit Markets
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Enlarge image Housing Stress Rises Despite Fed's Efforts Housing Stress Rises Despite Fed's Efforts Joshua Lott/Getty Images Homeowner Marie Piantino waits to see if she qualifies for a home modification loan in Phoenix.
A homeowner who fought foreclosure and wonGoErie.com
Refloating the housing marketLos Angeles Times
Rewarding Homeowners for Good BehaviorCenter For American Progress
Examiner.com -Sarasota Herald-Tribune
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Vail Daily column: More on the Making Home Affordable Act - Vail Daily News


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Vail Daily column: More on the Making Home Affordable Act
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In the first part of this series we identified the Making Home Affordable Act, the Obama Administration's initiative to help struggling homeowners get mortgage relief through mortgage modifications, interest rate reductions, refinancing, ...
Obama housing plan helps its one millionth homeownerAGBeat
Obama Admin's Mtg Mod Prog Helps Another 23k Homeowners In DecMNI News
Homeowners Struggle to Get Mortgage ReliefLoanSafe
Reuters -Examiner.com -Mortgage Daily
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Latest Obama Housing Scorecard Shows 5.6 Million Loan Mods to Date - National Mortgage Professional Magazine


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Latest Obama Housing Scorecard Shows 5.6 Million Loan Mods to Date
National Mortgage Professional Magazine
More than 930000 homeowners have received a Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) permanent modification to date, saving an estimated $10.5 billion in monthly mortgage payments. The Administration's programs continue to encourage improved ...
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES JANUARY HOUSING SCORECARDRealEstateRama (press release)

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Why Obama's Mortgage Plan is Not a Flotation Device - BusinessWeek


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Why Obama's Mortgage Plan is Not a Flotation Device
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In late January, the Obama Administration announced another initiative that did attempt to reduce mortgage balances, but it was a bit of a tiptoe. The revised Home Affordable Modification Program will pay Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to forgive debt on ...


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Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country - Huffington Post


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Foreclosure Dispatches: Views From Around the Country
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By now, the abuses that brought us to this point and continue to sink us further into the crisis -- predatory lending practices, hastily securitized loans and mortgage servicing errors -- are well known. Accountability for these abuses, however, ...
Schneiderman MERS Suit and HUD's Donovan Remarks Confirm That Mortgage ...EconoMonitor (blog)
Most states agree to mortgage deal, with notable exceptionsCollege Times
Deal is closer for a US plan on mortgage reliefInland Empire News

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Banks Have Little Incentive to Prevent Foreclosure - LoanSafe


Banks Have Little Incentive to Prevent Foreclosure
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by Evan Bedard on February 6, 2012 in Mortgage Assistance (Source: By Darren Daronco, The Sun, Yuma, Ariz.) - In 2009, President Barack Obama unveiled a loan modification program designed to help struggling homeowners restructure their mortgages and ...

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Reducing Your Mortgage Interest Rate - Patch.com


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Reducing Your Mortgage Interest Rate
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According to my loan representative, the Federal Housing Finance Agency recently changed its policies in order to reach more eligible borrowers who could benefit from refinancing their mortgage. This is not a modification or reduction in principle, ...
Obama's HARP Re-vamp – Some Homeowners Still Out of LuckJD Supra (press release)

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Home foreclosures decline, but completions rise - CBS News


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Home foreclosures decline, but completions rise
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If you're a homeowner and have questions about whether you qualify for a loan modification or refinancing under the Home Affordable Refinance Program (also known as HARP 2.0), contact the Homeowner's HOPE hotline at 1-888-995-HOPE or go to ...
Push to Avert Foreclosures Hits Court LogjamNew York Times
Banks Paying Homeowners Up To $35000 To Sell Houses, Avoid Foreclosure: ReportHuffington Post

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HAMP Loan Program Expands, Too Little Too Late - Huffington Post


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HAMP Loan Program Expands, Too Little Too Late
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Under new guidelines for the Home Affordable Modification Program, more borrowers will be eligible. The government will also encourage mortgage companies to forgive chunks of the debt borrowers owe, according to a statement Friday by the Treasury ...
Mortgage modification program expanded to investors, othersChicago Tribune
Mortgage modification program will be extended for 1 year, expanded for ...Washington Post
Obama administration to extend and expand foreclosure relief programFox News
Wall Street Journal -USA TODAY (blog)
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