The bank has temporarily stopped
foreclosures after a government probe uncovered problems with its process.
Not exact matches
Here's the story: According to the FTC, a group of companies and individuals doing business as HOPE Services told consumers facing
foreclosure they could get help from legitimate,
government - backed programs, like Making Home Affordable — but only
after they made three monthly trial payments into a so - called mortgage lender's trust account.
According to recent news articles, a spokesman for a
government backed housing program said this about regaining credit
after a
foreclosure, «The key is to avoid the
foreclosure.
The companies, which were seized by the
government in 2008, previously sought to recoup value themselves by modifying the loans or selling homes
after foreclosures.
After large numbers of homeowners lost their homes to
foreclosure, the federal
government launched efforts to make fixed - rate mortgages available, says Susan Wachter, the Sussman professor of real estate and finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.