Can a mortgage holder foreclose on a property while processing a request for loan modification?
Majd v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Facts: An owner purchases residential property funded by an...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Mar 21, 2016 | Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 1
Majd v. Bank of America, N.A., et al. Facts: An owner purchases residential property funded by an...
Read Moreby ft Editorial Staff | Oct 20, 2014 | Feature Articles, Finance, Loan Products, Real Estate | 0
Protect your homebuyer by encouraging multiple applications.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Feb 27, 2014 | Real Estate | 1
Behind the truly encouraging mortgage delinquency figures lurks a few problems.
Read Moreby Nicole Jessen | Jan 24, 2014 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 5
Recent cases have closed loopholes enabling servicers to back out of providing permanent modifications to qualified homeowners.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Dec 27, 2013 | Real Estate | 1
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced a most auspicious milestone: “more than 3 million homeowners helped by foreclosure prevention programs.” We don’t buy it.
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Dec 3, 2013 | Real Estate | 0
According to credit rating agency, Standard & Poors, cramdowns are cool.
Read Moreby Matthew Shade | Oct 16, 2013 | Laws and Regulations, Real Estate, Recent Case Decisions | 0
A distressed borrower applied for a loan modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). The lender prepared a trial period plan (TPP)
Read Moreby Matthew Shade | Sep 5, 2013 | Mortgages, Real Estate | 1
$815 million of taxpayer money has gone to mortgage lenders for running at risk homeowners through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Apr 14, 2013 | Mortgages, Real Estate | 5
The Federal Housing Finance Administration (FHFA) is modifying your loan, whether you like it or not!
Read Moreby Giang Hoang-Burdette | Nov 29, 2012 | Real Estate | 4
Bailout is a scathing remonstrance of the mishandling of the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP).
Read Moreby Sarah Cantino | Jun 19, 2012 | Real Estate | 0
Principal reduction (cramdowns) granted by bankruptcy courts is the only solution to underwater homeowners’ plight, a recent article from Daily Finance argued. Unlike recent endeavors to implement cramdowns through bank...
Read Moreby Carrie B. Reyes | May 8, 2012 | Finance, Reader Polls, Real Estate | 2
How long does the average shortsale take in your experience? Up to six months; or (40%, 52 Votes)...
Read Moreby Jeffery Marino | Oct 19, 2011 | Finance, Real Estate | 0
In early August 2011, the White House proposed selling the Federal Housing Finance Agency’s (FHFA) real estate owned properties (REOs) in bulk (read: cheap) to investors on the condition they rent out the properties for an...
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