The Flex Modification program helps homeowners experiencing financial hardship to extend their loan term and reduce principal and interest payments. The program can reduce payments by up to 20 percent ...

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. If you’re struggling to make your monthly mortgage payment, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have a new loan modification program so your home stays out ...

The Obama Administration is gearing up to play hardball with mortgage companies that only temporarily lower struggling homeowners’ monthly payments. But as the drive to make more loan modifications ...

If you’re seeking more affordable mortgage payments, a loan modification or a refinance could both help. Loan modifications are for homeowners experiencing financial hardship who are unable to make ...

Help is available for residents with mobility difficulties who want to stay in their homes. Michaela Grady, a housing planner ...

The Obama administration has begun doling out the first chunk of $75 billion to several banks nationwide to help struggling homeowners stay in their homes. The funds are part of a new program called ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. program aimed at helping struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure has been oversold by the Treasury Department and is likely to be a failure when it wraps up in 2012, a ...

Changing the terms of your mortgage could lower your interest rate, reduce your monthly payment, or give you more time to repay the loan. Mortgage modification and mortgage refinancing can both ...

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 ...

Berkshire County’s regional planning body is heading to North Adams, Massachusetts this week to help homeowners apply for a ...

In previous columns, I have criticized the Obama administration's new Making Home Affordable foreclosure prevention program because it ignores negative equity -- the major factor underlying the ...