All posts tagged National Mortgage Settlement

It should come as no surprise that nearly 80 percent of Americans aren't buying the housing recovery and many of them think the worst is still yet to

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris recently announced a $1 million California Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBOR) implementation grant to The National Housing Law Project. This

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Dec. 11 actions to halt two alleged mortgage loan modification scams it believes ripped-off thousands of struggling homeowners across the country.

CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today announced a $10.4 million grant program for organizations that provide housing counseling and legal services to homeowners.

OFFICE OF MORTGAGE SETTLEMENT OVERSIGHT – Joseph A. Smith, Jr., Monitor of the National Mortgage Settlement, on Nov. 19, 2012, released a report "Continued Progress: A Report from

Dozens of consumer advocacy groups are complaining the nation's consumer watchdog doesn't have the teeth to take a bite out of abusive mortgage servicer behavior other regulators consider

See all National Mortgage Settlement stories here. Millions of homeowners who lost their homes to an abusive foreclosure process during the housing crisis will soon learn if they are

California Governor Jerry Brown recently signed into law the final provisions of the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, legislation heavily championed by Attorney General Kamala D. Harris. "California has

"The Internet is full of horror stories of tenants moving into properties and quickly finding out that their home is up for auction." A year ago, San Jose resident

The $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement has been criticized as a "drop in the bucket" toward relief for homeowners abused by foreclosing lenders and some critics wonder if

The $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement may be the largest ever such settlement, but when it comes to the level of negative equity suffered by American households nationwide,

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) National Mortgage Settlement (NMS) outreach campaign is virtually a one-stop shopping center for anyone struggling with their mortgage. Appearing to

Borrowers who feel they were wronged by abusive foreclosure procedures now have until the end of 2012 to file a claim and net as much as $125,000 plus

Roughly 17 million foreclosure filings were sent out between 2007 and 2011 according to RealtyTrac, the foreclosure listings and data resource. While a lot of default notices, scheduled auctions

LOS ANGELES - Attorney General Kamala D. Harris, the driving force behind the legislation, announced that the California Homeowner Bill of Rights, which will protect homeowners and

States are siphoning funds from the $25 billion National Mortgage Settlement to close budget gaps and to finance spending unrelated to assisting homeowners. In California, this comes as the

CALIFORNIA REINVESTMENT COALITION - California's state legislature voted this week to pass the Homeowner Bill of Rights, legislation introduced by Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and championed by

The federal government has mailed nearly 4.4 million letters announcing a free foreclosure review program that could net foreclosed homeowners up to $125,000 or more, but only some

See all National Mortgage Settlement stories here. If you lost your home to foreclosure and qualify for provisions in a federal settlement over foreclosure abuses, you could be eligible