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Home » Loss Mitigation Still Preferred: Lenders Hint at Backup Role for HERA’s Borrower-Rescue Program
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Loss Mitigation Still Preferred: Lenders Hint at Backup Role for HERA’s Borrower-Rescue Program

September 8, 2008
Lenders are likely to do more loss mitigation than refinancing under the Hope for Homeowners program to help distressed borrowers, although the $300 billion FHA borrower-rescue program will still be a valuable tool for people who can no longer be helped through loss mitigation, according to the mortgage banking industry. Reiterating previous testimony before the House Financial Services Committee...
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