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The Department of Housing and Urban Development is extending forbearance to Federal Housing Administration borrowers who become temporarily unemployed and risk losing their homes.
"The plan I am announcing today will help individuals and families with good credit records to keep their homes and most of their largest investment, while they look for work and get themselves back on their feet," HUD secretary Mel Martinez said last week.
HUD notified FHA servicers about its decision to amend its special forbearance program to assist temporarily unemployed homeowners in an Aug. 29 mortgagee letter (2002-17).
Previously, FHA servicers were prevented from offering special forbearance unless the repayment plan indicated when the borrower would be starting a new job, according to Mortgage Bankers Association servicing ...