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Revamped HAMP Triples Payments for Principal Reductions

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Jan. 27 that it would expand the Home Affordable Modification Program and triple payments to servicers that reduced borrower principal, HousingWire reported...Read More

Skeptics Weigh in on Obama’s Proposed HARP Changes

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

In his State of the Union address Jan. 24, President Obama announced the administration would expand the Home Affordable Refinance Program to include mortgages not guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The plan must receive Congressional approval, however, which is far from guaranteed, HousingWire reported Jan. 25. The expanded program could co...Read More

Interest Rates Unlikely to Change Before 2014, Fed Says

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

The Federal Reserve said it had no plans to raise interest rates within the next two years and anticipates keeping rates below 1 percent until late 2014 because of continued weakness in the U.S. economy, USA Today reported Jan. 26...Read More

RMBS Work Will Combat Mortgage Fraud, Abuse

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Securities and Exchange Commission Director of Enforcement Robert Khuzami and New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced the formation of the Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities Working Group Jan. 27...Read More

FHA Changes Loan Monitoring Rules

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

The Federal Housing Administration will change the way it monitors loan performance for originators participating in its Lenders Insurance program, National Mortgage News reported Jan. 27. The changes stem from a new rule to clarify and codify FHA’s indemnification practices....Read More

Illinois Sues Standard & Poor’s for Role in Financial Crisis

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan filed suit against Standard & Poor’s Jan. 25 for its role in launching the financial crisis of 2008, her office announced. The suit is focused on the firm’s high ratings for risky mortgage-backed securities that it allegedly knew were unworthy of such designation. This suit indicated the ratings firm “cons...Read More

Appeals Court Rules MERS Can Foreclose on Mortgages

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Judicial Circuit in Atlanta ruled that Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. has the authority to assign security deeds and foreclose on properties as part of the securitization process, HousingWire reported Jan. 24...Read More

Study: Americans Distrust Financial System

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

Only 23 percent of Americans say they trust the country’s financial system, according to the latest Chicago Booth/Kellogg School Financial Trust Index released Jan. 26. In particular, trust in banks continued to fall, dropping from 39 percent in June 2011 to 30 percent in December...Read More

Big Banks Experience Fourth Quarter ‘Blood Bath’

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

The nation’s biggest banks all took significant hits in the fourth quarter of 2011, largely the result of having to repurchase bad loans, complying with federal mortgage servicing standards, funding lawsuit settlements and paying for ongoing litigation and foreclosure expenses, American Banker reported Jan. 23. U.S. Bancorp took a $130 million char...Read More

Chase, Bank of America Could Lose $131 Million in HAMP Payments

2/1/2012 6:00 PM

JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America could lose $131 million in Home Affordable Modification Program payments if they don’t improve program performance, according to the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, HousingWire reported Jan. 25...Read More