New Program Aims to Forestall Foreclosures
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The plan will delay the foreclosure process for qualified homeowners for 30 days as they negotiate a more affordable mortgage.
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Investing in foreclosures can be lucrative, but be cautious.
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The bill would allow the Federal Housing Administration to back refinanced loans for tens of thousands of borrowers who are delinquent on mortgage payments.
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With the housing market in decline, financial predators are finding yet another way to take advantage of people behind on their payments.
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Lenders launched foreclosure actions against more than one of every 200 U.S. mortgage borrowers in the fourth quarter of 2006, the biggest share of homes at the start of the repossession process on record.
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A wave of foreclosures could be prevented if the largest federal home-ownership program were open to more delinquent borrowers, according to a study being mulled by the nation's largest mortgage investor group.
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TRENTON, New Jersey  - Mayor Douglas Palmer, meeting with visitors at City Hall, points to a large map peppered with dark dots. Each one represents a home or group of homes on the verge of foreclosure, and there are dozens all over the city.
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President Bush today unveiled a series of measures intended to help ease a wave of mortgage defaults, but he ruled out any federal bailout for lenders or for homeowners who bought properties they could not afford.
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Two senior Democratic lawmakers said  on Tuesday they were considering legislation to restrict risky  mortgage lending practices and protect borrowers after news  that foreclosures in the U.S. subprime mortgage sector were  rising.
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Lenders launched foreclosure actions against more than one in every 200 U.S. mortgage borrowers in the fourth quarter of 2006, the biggest share of homes at the start of the repossession process on record.
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Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, yesterday unveiled legislation aimed at curbing abusive lending practices that, he said, have fueled an alarming rise in foreclosures.
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Considering the projections for the number of home foreclosures in the next couple of years -- estimates now start at 1 million annually and go up from there -- you'd have thought there might be more ideas floating around for dealing with this economic, social and political calamity.
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With the housing market in decline, financial predators are finding yet another way to take advantage of people who fall behind on their payments.
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President Bush today outlined his plan for helping troubled subprime borrowers keep their homes. The initiatives target hundreds of thousands of homeowners. The president said he would not bail out homeowners facing foreclosures or lenders with financial problems.
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A new plan by six major lenders to delay home foreclosures for some borrowers won't be any more effective than a government-brokered temporary rate freeze program rolled out several weeks ago, a top U.S. banking regulator said on Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 18  â The House approved a plan on Tuesday to expand federal backing of mortgages in hopes of helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure.
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Controversial plan could force file swappers to face criminal charges.