USDA loans: With a USDA loan, you can modify your mortgage with an extended term of up to 40 years, reduce the interest rate ...

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 ...

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 ...

Though critics say it's too little, US claims mortgage modification progress. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2009 -- The Obama administration Thursday announced they have already met their goal of modifying ...

Apparently the easiest way to get a loan modification these days is to have a news reporter make a call for you. That seems to have been the case for Maria C. Nido, a friendly and humble 55-year-old ...

Five months into the government’s $75 billion loan modification program, less than 12 percent of eligible homeowners have seen their mortgage payments reduced, according to data released by the ...

The U.S. Office of the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) has announced that it has shut down additional online loan modification scams that prey on vulnerable ...

WASHINGTON - Some homeowners who sign up for the government's mortgage assistance program are getting a surprise: Lower credit scores. For borrowers who are making their payments on time but are on ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Treasury Department said on Wednesday that about 30,000 homeowners facing foreclosure got permanent help in November through a loan modification program that should help ...

— -- The Obama administration's $75 billion program to reduce foreclosures has been beset by backlogs and delays, leading many overstretched homeowners to complain about unreturned phone calls ...