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 ...

Loan modifications are a long-term mortgage relief option for borrowers experiencing financial hardship, such as loss of income due to illness. A modification typically changes the loan’s rate, term ...

QDo borrowers have any say over the type of loan modification they get? What kind of modification should they look for? AMortgage modifications are changes in the terms of a loan designed to make it ...

Experts in the mortgage industry are skeptical. Buyers would pay less each month, but would end up paying more over time.

The Obama administration wants to spend up to $100 billion on efforts to help homeowners, especially those facing foreclosure. But one of the leading ideas on how to do that — rewriting home loans to ...

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 ...

I applied for a modification of my home loan due to the uncertainty of my job. It’s a regular 30-year mortgage with a rate of 5.25%. I owe $370,000 on it. I found out last year, after talking to a few ...

Loan modifications offer one strategy to prevent mortgage foreclosures by lowering interest rates, extending loan terms and/or reducing principal balance owed. Yet we know very little about who ...

CRED iQ’s research team has been closely monitoring loan modifications during this period of significantly elevated interest rates. As expected, loan modifications surged in 2023 as borrowers worked ...