Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What Is a Loan Modification? Can It Help Homeowners in Trouble? A loan modification is often billed as a lifeline for homeowners ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Bank of America launched a new mortgage-modification program that, for the first time, proposes reducing the principal on loans. It's the most ambitious program yet. Foreclosures are still at high ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's flagship effort to help people in danger of losing their homes is falling flat. More than a third of the 1.24 million borrowers who have enrolled in the $75 ...

Nine years after a foreclosure relief scam unfolded, the FTC is releasing seized funds. Lessons for LOs abound in how it all went down. It didn’t take long. Just nine years. But, 198 borrowers who ...

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration said Friday that it will expand its signature foreclosure-prevention program to try to help those with heavy debt loads avoid losing their homes. The Home ...