The Federal Housing Administration’s initial plan of being able to provide more housing programs to help improve and increase the housing market has backfired. The constant fall of housing prices and escalation of interest rates are causing an economic abasement. The government is rapidly trying to do their part to save the economy from its continuous flow into a market of recession. Below are some newly created programs signed and/or amended by the government to assist struggling homeowners, lending institutions, and the rest of the housing market during what appears to be a slowly occurring economic meltdown.
Hope for Homeowners Program
The Hope for Homeowners program was signed into law to assist homeowners who are having difficulty making their mortgage payments. The program will allow borrowers to refinance their existing mortgage into an FHA insured mortgage they can afford. In order for the borrower(s) to qualify for this program, they must meet certain criteria, which can be found on the FHA website:
- Their mortgage must have originated on or before January 1, 2008;
- Their mortgage debt-to-income must be at least 31 percent;
- They cannot afford their current loan;
- They did not intentionally miss mortgage payments; and
- They do not own second homes.
Features of FHA-insured loans under the new program include:
- 30-year, fixed rate mortgage;
- Maximum 90 percent loan-to-value ratio;
- No prepayment penalties;
- $550,440 maximum mortgage amount;
- Extinguishment of any subordinate liens; and
- New home appraisals from FHA-approved appraisers.
This new program will be effective October 1, 2008 until September 30, 2011.
FHASecure
In addition to the Hope for Homeowners program, FHA has also expanded their FHASecure program, which was initially offered to borrowers with good credit rating prior to their newly adjusted adjustable-mortgage payment. This offered borrowers a chance to reinstate their mortgage situation and prevent foreclosure from taking place. Prepayment penalties are also non-existent and the premium mortgage insurance covers any losses to all involved parties.
This program was created for homeowners with sub-prime mortgages that will be adjusted between the periods of June 2005 and December 2009. In addition, income stability, employment history, and 3% equity on their home must be proven.
The recent adjustment to this program allows homeowners who have had up to three missed mortgage payments in the past 12 months. In addition, taxpayers will also be more protected from risks caused by this government funded program.
FHA Loss Mitigation Program
Loss mitigation specializes in helping struggling homeowners negotiate their loan situations with lenders and different mortgage held institutions. Some of the services provided by loss mitigation specialists are forbearance agreements, repayment plans, loan modifications, and partial claims. On August 14, 2008, FHA announced some changes to its Loss Mitigation program that will help strengthen and promote the resolution for mortgage delinquencies.
State Programs:
State governments are also doing their part to help assist struggling homeowners. Below are two examples.
Additional funding in California announced Aug 15, 2008 of $105M for affordable housing and community development
This funding will provide down payment assistance for first time homebuyers, assistance for families and individuals who need housing assistance and housing solutions for individuals with HIV/AIDS. In addition, it will provide additional funds for community development and affordable housing.
The funding breakdown as stated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is as follows:
- $ 39,262,869 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds;
- $ 55,776,502 in HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME) funding;
- $ 371,363 in American Dream Down payment initiative;
- $ 6,757,419 in Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG); and,
- $ 3,069,000 for Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA).
- $105,237,153 TOTAL
New York announces additional restrictions for subprime mortgages, the required registration of mortgage servicers, and amendment foreclosure requirements
Sub-prime loans provided by lenders and brokers in New York can no longer charge prepayment penalties along with fees that may be construed as hidden or abusive towards the borrower. Such fees may include yield spread premiums and others that are awarded through teaser rates.
All mortgage servicers are required to register under the New York Banking Law as of July 1, 2009. This registration will ensure that the mortgage servicer is in agreement of providing service based on the borrower’s interest and acting appropriately to prevent any type of mortgage fraud, including the support of false appraisal values.
The foreclosure requirements have been amended to give struggling homeowners, who are on the verge of foreclosure, ample time to do what is necessary to prevent or prepare for the adverse circumstances that can be caused by foreclosure. All mortgage servicers are required to give necessary notices of default to borrowers prior to the commencement of a foreclosure.
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Does not heating a house in the winter cause black mold to grow?I own a house in Michigan but I'm currently living in Florida. I had the house winterized (water shut off, pipes drained, etc.) and I am not heating the house. Someone told me that if a house is not heated in cold temperatures that black mold will start to grow. This sounds crazy to me, does anyone know if this is true? Thanks for your help!
The house that I am referring to is the one in Michigan not in Florida where there is very little humidity this time of year, just freezing temps.
Bailing out people who enter contracts that they don't understand or can't afford is not help but only re-enforcing bad or irresponsible behavior. Oh.. I forgot you must be part of the "it's not my fault crowd"!
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the New Deal was an abysmal failure. almost all of today's economists agree that Franklin Roosevelt extended the Great Depression at least 7 years longer than it needed to last. the New Deal failed because it interfered with natural market forces that would've corrected themselves sooner than later. for example, for every government job that was created, more jobs were lost in the private sector, which were the only jobs that could've helped revive the economy.
today, Obama is taking us down the same path that Roosevelt took in 1933. also, for the record, FDR was not a good president. he was an aspiring dictator who ruled for longer than what was gentlemanly (4 terms) and tried to circumvent the Constitution by packing the Supreme Court with Democrats (1937 Judiciary Reorganization Bill). he was a communist sympathizer who cozied up with Stalin and allowed the Soviets to take East Berlin. finally, his internment of 110,000 Japanese-Americans is one of the worst civil rights violations in US history.
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Well…she played herself during the last 15 minutes(it’s no spoiler,’cuz her name appears in the opening credits),and her part wasn’t written to be well acted or not.But you sohuld still watch it,and you don’t have to watch BRING IT 1 and 2,’cuz they’re unrelated.
The stimulus check was a joke. Bush has done NOTHING for our economy, housing or for that matter much of anything else.
I think the market will correct itself. Some people will lose their homes to foreclosure, but the subprime crisis and down market will bring lower prices, making homes more affordable.
They did not monitor the investments of the Financial institutions. So mostly grabbed the high yielding subprime. Now that their funds are in one basket, it would be difficult for them to get out because of the falling prices of real estate and the increasing cases of foreclosure
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Did she act well?
YOU FUCKING RACISTS ROTTEN TOMATOES! It ain’t easy being green!
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zippo,the libs love it.they bought their power with a national disaster.they are very good at this.fk the country,power rules.
anybody wanna address Matt and Jake’s crappy faux-Brit accents? (or S. African, I guess…)
Good question. The Clinton administration and his cronies (some of which are current Obama advisers and contributors) like Franklin Raines, James A. Johnson, Janet Reno, and Jamie Gorelick are to blame for much of the financial mess we are in right now, namely running Fannie Mae into the ground.
In an effort to make housing “affordable” to everyone, they created the market for the high-risk subprime loans. New regulations forced lenders into high-risk areas where they had no choice but to lower lending standards to make the loans that sound business practices had previously guarded against making, or face stiff government penalties.
Meanwhile, Fannie Mae executives received maximum bonus payouts in the millions by overestimating earnings. You can now see the domino effect this has had with corporations like AIG, who owned a large stake in Fannie Mae. President Bush and Senator McCain have pushed for change in the mortgage giant's structure since 2002, but Congress has largely ignored them. This shouldn’t come as a surprise though considering Democrats were the biggest benefactors of Fannie and Freddie lobbying, with Christopher Dodd receiving the most in contribution money at $165,400, followed by Barack Obama at $126,349, and John Kerry at $111,000.
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She was in BRING IT ON 3.