In order to support the streamlined modification program announced on November 11, 2008, Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM) today issued a notice to its loan servicing organizations and retained foreclosure attorneys directing them to suspend foreclosure sales on occupied single-family properties as well as the completion of evictions from occupied single-family properties scheduled to occur from November 26, 2008 until January 9, 2009.
Housing News
June 20, 2011
Washington Post - The Obama administration will soon inherit a $35 billion federal housing agency that was a weak backbencher during the housing crisis and moved too late to do much to keep millions of families from going into foreclosure.
June 20, 2011
WASHINGTON - U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today announced that the HOPE for Homeowners (H4H) Board of Directors has approved changes to the program to help more distressed borrowers refinance into affordable, government-back mortgages. The changes will reduce the program costs for consumers and lenders alike while also expanding eligibility by driving down the borrower's monthly mortgage payments.
Please click here to view the full news release on HUD's website.
June 20, 2011
CHAPA is seeking an energetic individual to join its staff as the Program Manager for a new venture we are undertaking. In coordination with a foreclosed properties task force, municipalities, and the state housing agencies, CHAPA will be launching a new program to facilitate the sale of real estate owned properties (REO) to non-profits, municipalities, and other eligible purchasers for affordable housing—including both rental and homeownership.
June 20, 2011
The FDIC has initiated a systematic loan modification program at IndyMac Federal Bank to reduce first lien mortgage payments to as low as 31% of monthly income. Modifications are based on interest rate reductions, extension of term, and principal forbearance.
The FDIC's proposal is designed to promote wider adoption of the systematic loan modification program:
June 20, 2011
The FDIC has initiated a systematic loan modification program at IndyMac Federal Bank to reduce first lien mortgage payments to as low as 31% of monthly income. Modifications are based on interest rate reductions, extension of term, and principal forbearance.
The FDIC's proposal is designed to promote wider adoption of the systematic loan modification program:
June 20, 2011
State Updates
DHCD Accepting Comments on HUD Neighborhood Stabilization Program Plan
June 20, 2011
On November 12, 2008, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued long-anticipated mortgage reforms that will help consumers to shop for the lowest cost mortgage and avoid costly and potentially harmful loan
June 20, 2011
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a new program designed to greatly reduce preventable foreclosures with a simplified, streamlined loan modification program to get struggling homeowners into mortgages that they can afford. FHFA believes it is an achievable goal if homeowners, banks, mortgage servicers, investors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all work together.
Please click here to view the full press release announcing the program.
June 20, 2011
The Federal Housing Finance Agency announced a new program designed to greatly reduce preventable foreclosures with a simplified, streamlined loan modification program to get struggling homeowners into mortgages that they can afford. FHFA believes it is an achievable goal if homeowners, banks, mortgage servicers, investors, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac all work together.
Please click here to view the full press release announcing the program.