Obama Administration releases new data on Making Home Affordable program, achieves key milestone weeks ahead of schedule

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WASHINGTON – Today, almost one month ahead of a November 1 benchmark set earlier this year, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a new milestone of more than 500,000 trial loan modifications in progress under the Making Home Affordable program.

HUD announces $118 million in grants to protect thousands of children from lead and other home health hazards

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding more than $118 million in grants to 46 local projects to conduct a wide range of activities that include eliminating lead hazards in more than 9,000 homes; training workers in lead safety methods; increasing public awareness about childhood lead poisoning; and evaluating outreach on controlling housing-based hazards. The awards were announced by HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan yesterday at the Council on Foundations conference in San Antonio, Texas. Lead is a known toxin that can impair children’s development and have effects lasting into adulthood and other materials in the home can trigger allergic responses and asthma.

Owner occupied mortgage clause

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When we bought our first house we received down payment assistance from the state. Now 5 yrs later we're in a much better financial position and built…

Are lenders lending??? Follow along one man’s quest…

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Very interesting…Small Business owner seeking a loan and will post the results on his blog… check it out: http://silveradosys.blogspot.com/ … With…

Community helps family replace burned down home – Mount Airy News

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Community helps family replace burned down home
Mount Airy News
Alex Goins, 8, points to the tarp partially covering the mobile home his family has had to live in for the past year.

Events draw thousands hoping to keep homes – San Francisco Chronicle

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Events draw thousands hoping to keep homes
San Francisco Chronicle
The pitch: a mobile loan-servicing operation where struggling homeowners can arrive with their paperwork and leave with a more affordable mortgage.

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Brand New Loan – Do I Recast It Or Refinance?

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We just bought a home & moved across the US. Our first mortgage payment is due on November 1st. Our home in California sold before we left, but with…

Capitola council denies permit to close Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park – San Jose Mercury News

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Capitola council denies permit to close Surf and Sand Mobile Home Park
San Jose Mercury News
CAPITOLA – The Capitola City Council voted twice Wednesday night to support residents of Surf and Sand Mobile Home
Capitola City Council weighs fate of Surf and SandSan Jose Mercury News

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Council oks plat for mobile home park – Billings Gazette

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Council oks plat for mobile home park
Billings Gazette
Grants and loans from a number of groups and organizations provided about $3.4 million in costs for the project, which included replacing eleven mobile

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Residents take over mobile-home park with government help – Billings Gazette

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Residents take over mobile-home park with government help
Billings Gazette
Construction stretched through the summer at Mountain Springs Villas Mobile Home park in Red Lodge, where residents will find a new neighborhood when they

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