Loan modifications and short-term loan extensions have been popular tactics among borrowers and lenders on loans backing properties facing vacancy and value declines since the pandemic. A staggering ...

Homeowner Toolbox Inc. is helping homeowners wade through the complexities associated with the loan modification process and teaches users how to avoid the roadblocks that prevent consumers from ...

Homes are taking longer to sell and foreclosures are taking longer to process. Unfortunately, crooks are taking advantage of both of those extended timeframes. Scammers are involved in foreclosure ...

The Washington State Department of Financial Institutions has issued a warning to consumers regarding another unlicensed loan modification operation promoted by a California law firm, Kramer & Kaslow, ...

In the post-pandemic era, mortgage rates hit their highest level in years as the Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate to fight inflation. Compare your top mortgage loan rates now. "As ...

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. has filed a $60 million lawsuit against a pair of Sacramento, Calif.-based companies that lured desperate homeowners with a deceptive marketing scheme ...

Regional banks are beginning to feel the squeeze of the weakened office market, even as larger institutions are facing fewer troubled loans. The average bank with $100B or less in assets modified 0.32 ...

Edward J. Minskoff Equities locked down a loan modification on 1166 Sixth Avenue late last month — a vote of confidence by lender Wells Fargo in the firm’s plan to plug a gaping vacancy. The bank ...

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