Loan modifications through the HOPE NOW program increased dramatically in July, soaring 43 percent from the number of completed modifications in June. HOPE NOW, the voluntary, private sector alliance ...

Freddie Mac has unveiled its latest Streamlined Modification program, which is set to go into effect immediately and will be available to all eligible borrowers. The essential goal of streamlining ...

WASHINGTON (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 2012, a ...

A new release by the SIGTARP (Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program) is exceptionally enlightening in detailing how a likely significant percentage of those ...

In previous columns, I have criticized the Obama administration's new Making Home Affordable foreclosure prevention program because it ignores negative equity -- the major factor underlying the ...