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...numbers that the system really isn't set up to handle. And there are more complications. For example, one of the delays in processing foreclosures right now is that the servicers are trying to make sure that every loan in their portfolio either qualifies or doesn't qualify for HAMP [Home Affordable Modification Program, the Federal Government's attempt to incentivize more modifications]. Even if you've already screened a loan to see if it might qualify for your own modification programs, now you're going to go back and rescreen it. That takes an awful lot of time...
...well do you think HAMP is working overall? The interim goal of having half a million homeowners in trial modifications has been met. That's a good thing. Unfortunately, for the next couple of waves of foreclosures, the program really isn't optimized to be terribly successful at preventing foreclosures. (See pictures of the remains of Detroit...
...list of firms expected to get HAMP subsidies reads like a Who's Who of major subprime lenders and loan servicers, including financial institutions that have already received big bucks in the government's bank bailout. Countrywide, which is now owned by Bank of America and was one of the country's biggest subprime lenders, may receive up to $5.1 billion in incentive payments to modify loans...
...alternative to HAMP would be the proposed "cramdown" legislation, whereby a bankruptcy judge would be given carte blanche power to modify a loan by lowering the interest rate, reducing the principal amount or extending the term of the loan to make the monthly mortgage payments more affordable to the troubled homeowner. Under this program, firms would not get the big subsidies, since the judge would be acting unilaterally in modifying the loan. (See how Americans are spending...
...result, Curran believes the HAMP program is probably the most effective way to stop foreclosures, at least in the short term...