Find out if the National Mortgage Settlement affects you – and if you are eligible for help

Through the National Mortgage Settlement, the country’s five biggest mortgage companies must commit about $25 billion in relief to individuals and governments because they broke the law in how they managed home loans. It will take time to figure out which individuals are eligible for help from the settlement. If you are eligible, you should [...]

Are You Having Trouble Paying Your Mortgage?

The NYC government has created the Mortgage Assistance Program (MAP).  MAP is a tool to help keep households at risk of foreclosure in their homes.  New York City will commit $5M of city funds and is seeking to raise additional funds—for a total of at least $10M—to offer loans to eligible homeowners.  Preference will be [...]