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Counseling Helps Homeowners Avoid Foreclosure

by Moe Bedard

Troubled homeowners who receive housing counseling are 60 percent more likely to avoid foreclosure and have their mortgage payments lowered significantly than borrowers who navigate the process themselves, according to a study to be released Wednesday.
The study, by the D.C.-based Urban Institute, examines the effectiveness of the government-funded National Foreclosure Mitigation Counseling program, established in [...]

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Fannie Mae boosts mortgage counseling program

by Moe Bedard

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Fannie Mae, the largest provider of funding for U.S. residential loans, is boosting its program that pays counseling fees for delinquent borrowers as it works to curb foreclosures and its own losses.
Fannie Mae (FNM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is extending a temporary program to reimburse mortgage servicers for counseling costs through the [...]

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