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Arizona Wants to Pay up to $50,000 in Loan Forgiveness per Home – Fannie, Freddie Object

October 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Mortgages

According to a New York Times article, Arizona is trying to fix its massive home foreclosure rate by helping to pay a portion of mortgage debt – but only if the banks will kick an equal share for principal reduction as well. The bank’s pay down of mortgage debt would be in the form of [...]

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Is It Illegal if My Bank Won’t do a Loan Modification?

October 14th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Mortgages

Q. I am having great difficultly getting a loan modification on my mortgage. I am 100% confident that I meet the criteria for the loan modification program. After initially agreeing to do the modification, they now say I don’t meet the requirements and stopped taking my calls. Can I sue? My story: I followed the [...]

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Restructuring Mortgage Programs For Underwater, Subprime and Jumbo Loans

May 28th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Mortgages

The “Making Homes Affordable” Program introduced by the Obama administration is not limited to Fannie and Freddie Mac loans, also known as conventional or conforming loans . There are actually two sets of loan programs under the Making Homes Affordable (MHA) program. One program is called Home Affordable Refinance, and is for conforming loans on [...]

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What Can You Expect After a Bankruptcy? The Time Line

January 9th, 2009 · 15 Comments · Bankruptcy

Recently, someone called this article to my attention, which extolls the advantages of bankruptcy.  It listed several advantages to doing it and seemed to gloss over the detriments.  It’s written by Jane Bryant Quinn, who is a very respected writer by many journalists (including myself)  about personal finance. http://www.newsweek.com/id/177749?GT1=43002 To get my two cents in, [...]

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