Mortgage Foreclosure & Refinance Resource

Project Lifeline, which allows extra time for lenders and borrowers to try to work out more affordable terms, was unveiled today.
The program would let qualified homeowners who are at least 90 days late on their mortgage payments pause the foreclosure process for 30 days to figure out a way to modify the mortgage.
“Project Lifeline is […]

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A group of mortgage lenders and non-profit organizations have pledged $4.6 million to allow foreclosure prevention counseling agencies in California to hire more staff to deal with strong demand from struggling homeowners, the companies said Monday.
Mortgage counseling agencies statewide can apply for funds from the two-year spending program, dubbed the California Home Ownership Preservation Initiative, […]

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According to the USA Today, the FBI opened 1,210 mortgage fraud cases in fiscal year 2007, nearly triple the number of new cases in 2003. Convictions more than doubled from 123 in the 2006 fiscal year to 260 in 2007.
“We expect that number to increase again in 2008,” says FBI financial crimes section chief Sharon […]

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