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...details of how, exactly, monthly payments will be lowered has raised concern in certain quarters. In a news conference explaining the program, James Lockhart, who runs the agency that oversees Fannie and Freddie, highlighted three tacks: reducing interest rates, extending the length of loans and, in some cases, deferring payment on part of the principal. There is a big difference, though, between permanently reducing an interest rate and doing it temporarily. And the new program doesn't forgive principal, only defers it, which may not go very far at a time when some 18% of mortgage holders owe more...
...housing and broader financial crisis. In order to target the most at-risk borrowers, the new program only kicks in once homeowners have missed three mortgage payments. Even though the program intends to exclude people who stop making payments just to get a modification, there is a concern that homeowners will be incentivized to do so. "They're saying to everyone out there, don't make your mortgage payment, be 90 days late, and then we'll help you," says Bruce Marks, CEO of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporate of America, a non-profit that works with servicers to modify mortgages...
...Crimson boasts an imposing balance of rookies and veterans, with five grapplers ranked in the EIWA and three in the national top 25. Although junior co-captain J.P O’Connor insists that the grapplers have little concern for preseason accolades, the message is clear that Harvard has put the wrestling world on notice...
...economy worsens, fundraising has become, and is going to be, an increasingly difficult challenge. Alumni have voiced much concern about funding financial aid: their wish to establish a “rainy day fund” for scholarship holders covering them in case of crisis, is being taken seriously. Unfortunately, no one knows how long the rain will last...
...concern is that conservatives will use those same tactics - statewide referendums aimed at overruling court decisions or rebuffing reluctant legislators - to restrict other rights. In Arkansas, for example, voters easily passed an initiative that did what state legislators had refused to do: ban adoptions and even foster-parent roles for unmarried couples, including gays. Now the state joins Utah, Florida and Mississippi as a place where gay couples cannot adopt. Trantalis and others are worried that even as the gay rights movement continues to win court victories, those very victories may prompt stronger and stronger backlashes, jeopardizing hard-won rights...