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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 ...

If you’re looking for better mortgage terms, loan modification and refinance can be viable options to improve your financial health. Financial struggles can happen to anyone, but homeowners have ...

A loan modification is often billed as a lifeline for homeowners in trouble. But if you ask Johnnie Jefferson, an 85-year-old resident of Richmond, TX, she’d tell you that a loan modification has ...

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 ...

Refinancing a home equity loan can lower monthly payments and lengthen or shorten your loan term. Drawbacks to refinancing a home equity loan include prepayment penalties and closing costs.

Roughly $162B worth of securitized commercial mortgages were due to mature last year, and many lenders and investors spoke about how the patience with building owners would wear off. While patience ...

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 ...