Single-family mortgage loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac perform better after modification when they are modified through the government's Home Affordable Mortgage Program (HAMP), according to the FHFA's Foreclosure Prevention Report for Q2 2015 released this week.
Read More »Non-Foreclosure Solutions Down Year-Over-Year, But Still Outpace Completions Four to One
The mortgage industry reported about 122,000 non-foreclosure solutions (including short sales, deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure, and other workout plans) for July, while about 29,000 foreclosures were completed.
Read More »The Impact of HAMP on Loss Mitigation Norms
It has enabled the industry to evolve its loss mitigation norms by helping to define a process that uses income to drive to a specific debt-to-income level, and it is likely that modifications beyond HAMP will continue to occur on this basis.
Read More »HAMP Borrowers Facing Higher Payments May Be Able to Turn to Freddie Mac
According to Treasury's Making Home Affordable Program Performance Report for Q1 2015, approximately 2.3 million homeowners had started HAMP trial modifications in the six-year existence of the program.
Read More »Majority of GSE HAMP Permanent Modifications Remain Active
Slightly more than 419,000 permanent loan modifications completed by homeowners using the Department of Treasury's Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) on loans backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac remained active as of the end of May 2015.
Read More »Treasury Clarifies HAMP Participation Numbers Reported by SIGTARP
As a result of the improvements Treasury has made to HAMP over the years, the number of denied HAMP applications has been steadily declining each year since 2012. That year, the number of denied applicants reached 998,000. In 2013, that number decreased by almost 50 percent down to 523,000. In 2014, the number dropped to 334,000, and for the first four months of 2015, the number was 100,000.
Read More »FHFA Demonstrates Progress Toward Goal of Keeping At-Risk Families in Homes
More than half of the nearly 3.5 million foreclosure prevention actions completed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac since the start of the conservatorships in September 2008 were permanent loan modifications, according to FHFA.
Read More »FHFA Announces Extension of HARP and HAMP Until the End of 2016
The government's Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) and Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) will be extended until the end of 2016, according to an announcement from FHFA Director Mel Watt on Friday. Speaking at the Greenlining Institute 22nd Annual Economic Summit, Watt announced a one-year extension of HARP, which was set to expire at the end of this year. The one-year extension until the end of 2016 for HAMP was previously announced in July. Both of the government's affordable housing programs began in 2009 in response to the housing crisis.
Read More »Report: GSEs’ HAMP Modifications Perform Better Than Non-HAMP Mods
According to FHFA, nearly 1.1 million distressed homeowners have been offered a HAMP modification since April 2009, when Treasury and HUD started the program. Out of those, approximately 638,200 homeowners received permanent modifications. As of the end of the fourth quarter, about 7,700 homeowners were currently involved in a trial HAMP modification.
Read More »Freddie Mac Reaches Out to Borrowers Facing Higher Payments Due to HAMP Resets
Approximately 511,000 borrowers who received HAMP mods in 2010 are due to reset in 2015 and face the prospect of increased interest rates, commonly known as "step-ups." Treasury and the GSEs are reaching out to assist borrowers who have trouble absorbing the increased monthly payments.
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