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short sales: As of April 5 - HAFA is Here - 04/08/10 05:48 AM
The Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program debuted April 5. Lenders have been ramping up for a deluge of Short Sales for the past several months and the government’s latest program will probably boost the numbers even though there are flaws in the program. HAFA may help individuals who qualified for a trial loan modification, but didn’t make the final cut for a permanent loan change. The same paperwork prepared for HAMP will apply to HAFA as well.
Bank of America and other servicers have more than doubled the number of Short Sales they are handling in recent months. There is real … (4 comments)

short sales: Mortgages to Exceed Value until 2015 to 2020 - 04/06/10 05:31 PM
First American CoreLogic has estimated that even in the healthier markets that are now beginning to heal from the steep price drops of the last three years, homeowners currently with underwater mortgages will continue to have mortgages that exceed value until late 2015.
By the 4th quarter of 2009 First American CoreLogic estimated that over 11.3 million residences with mortgages had negative equity. That’s 24% of all U.S. mortgages.
By using a subset of mortgage holders, CoreLogic was able to project the length of time it will take for the average homeowner to again reach positive equity. The typical borrower will … (26 comments)

short sales: Government Official Says HAMP is Not Working - Now what? - 03/31/10 05:50 AM
Neil Barofsky, special inspector general for the Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP), admitted that far fewer homeowners will receive assistance under the HAMP program and other government efforts to ease foreclosure than originally estimated. Barofsky estimates that only 1.5 million to 2 million homeowners will be helped as opposed to the 4 million originally expected to receive foreclosure help from the government.
Barofsky does not believe offering modifications is a meaningful goal of the foreclosure program, since so few have actually been helped and many who have received modifications are redefaulting.
Herbert M. Allison, assistant Treasury secretary for financial stability said … (1 comments)

 
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