Interest rates have been very low for several years, and right now they are lower than ever, yet millions of mortgage borrowers who could profit from a refinance haven’t. Similarly, millions of borrowers who are having trouble making their mortgage payments but want to remain in their homes could have their mortgages modified to make …
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For the first time in over a year neither Fannie Mae nor Freddie Mac are showing any downward movement in their seriously delinquent mortgage rates. Fannie’s percentage of single-family loans at least three payments past due remained unchanged between the months of June and July at 4.08 percent, according to the latest monthly summary report …
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President Obama has made a public call for mortgage lenders and servicers to provide struggling homeowners with longer-term modifications and principal reductions when it fits the situation. Referring to the American taxpayers’ bailout of the banking system, which the president described as probably the most unpopular thing the government has ever done, Obama said, “[W]e …