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In 2003, the Bush Administration sought to create a new agency, replacing the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, to oversee Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.In 1992, in the wake of the savings and loan crisis, and over concern that similar lending problems would develop, the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight was created as part of the Department of Housing and Urban ...
The United States Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (commonly referred to as HERA) was designed primarily to address the subprime mortgage crisis.It authorized the Federal Housing Administration to guarantee up to $300 billion in new 30-year fixed rate mortgages for subprime borrowers if lenders wrote down principal loan balances to 90 percent of current appraisal value.
The Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is a government program introduced in 2009 to respond to the subprime mortgage crisis.HAMP [10] is part of the Making Home Affordable program (MHA), [11] established in concert with the Hardest Hit Fund program (HHF) [12] under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), a part of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008. [13]
An expert from a housing counseling agency can guide you as you try to work with your mortgage company to avoid foreclosure. You can find a local HUD-approved expert online , or call HUD’s ...
Government housing assistance comes in many forms. Emergency housing assistance helps to avoid homelessness. Eviction and foreclosure assistance is available to those who’ve been unable to keep ...
Freddie Mac is stepping in to make buying a bank-owned home a sweeter deal for you, reports Inman News. The agency is offering help with closing costs for buyers of Freddie Mac-owned properties.
In 2007, Congress selected NeighborWorks America to administer the National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program. In a continuing effort to assist in recovery from the housing crisis, in 2009 NeighborWorks launched the Loan Modification Scam Alert campaign and Stable Communities Initiative.
Amid rising foreclosures and public outrage over taxpayer-funded handouts to banks, the Obama administration is trying to put some teeth into its program to help ailing homeowners. The Home ...