The federal Home Affordable Modification Program, which is designed to guide the modification process to the benefit of the lender (not the borrower), has helped 12 percent of a potential 3 million ...

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Thousands of homeowners with distressed mortgage loans linked to failed lender IndyMac may soon be able to avoid foreclosure under a program announced on Wednesday by U.S.

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 ...

WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - A U.S. program aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure has been oversold by the Treasury Department and is likely to be a failure when it wraps up in ...

After her husband lost his tech job in 2008, Lisa Eidner of Mahwah, N.J., asked the couple's mortgage servicer to lower their monthly payments. The company agreed to a temporary cut but sent the ...

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 ...