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Posts Tagged ‘assistance’

Who Qualifies for Mortgage Assistance?

WSJOnline has a very useful chart and great article today on who qualifies for the recently announced mortgage rescue plan.

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Obama’s Homeowner Assistance Plan

President Obama was in the Phoenix area today to announce details of the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. I guess the White House considers this area to be near ground zero of the housing bust and hence the area to be most hurting due to the housing downturn.
The plan is to help those who are [...]

More Money For Down Payment Assistance Program

I receive a lot of questions on the Home in Five Down Payment Assistance Program. The most popular question is of course regarding the availability of funds for non-targeted areas. Well, if you were waiting for these funds before making your purchase then wait no more. We have some good news today. I received [...]

Federal Aid to Distressed Homeowners Closer to Reality

Two key Senators on the Senate Banking Committee have reached an agreement to help distressed homeowners.
According to Bloomberg:
“The primary goal is to keep people in their homes, but also to help establish a floor and a bottom” to the housing slump, Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, told reporters during the call.
The proposed legislation would a create [...]

Funds Reallocated in Downpayment Assistance Program

The downpayment assistance program, which we participate in, the Home in Five Program (only for Maricopa county) had been running out of funds recently. Actually to be more precise funds for non targeted areas had been running out, there was always plenty of money for targeted and priority areas. Late last week the program announced [...]