LIEB BLOG

Loan Officers (LOs) frequently have issues collecting and entering applicant information on their electronic systems, which results in a den...

The Making Home Affordable Program (MHA) , has been formally extended 1 year, through December 31, 2016, by Supplemental Directive 15-04 ....

The Federal Government’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a Home Loan Toolkit , a step-by-step guide through t...

Do you feel that you are a victim of a mortgage modification scam? According to the Attorney General: " Thousands of New Yorkers are ...

On October 21, 2014 the New York State Department of Financial Services sent correspondence to Ocwen 's General Counsel raising issue ...

This revised tool is used by "servicers participating in HAMP as a tool for deciding whether to modify a troubled mortgage that is eli...

The Senate is currently formulating its bipartisan plan to overhaul Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the Committee on Banking, Housing, and...

To access the new Handbook for MHA, inclusive of HAMP and HAFA, click here . This Handbook is the rules for banks / servicers to modify mo...

Due to the housing bubble burst in 2008, the federal government took ownership of the mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , and ba...

In his state of the union speech on January 28, 2014, Obama asked Congress to focus on mortgage finance reform in the upcoming year. He st...

Have you applied for a loan modification and felt that your servicer did not properly review you for HAMP and other Making Home Affordable...

The time has come! Supplemental Directive 13-09 to the Making Homes Affordable handbook will take effect in two days on January 10, 2014....

According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , the new form, " The Closing Disclosure form replaces the current form used to ...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  (CFPB) and 49 states have signed a proposed  court order requiring Ocwen to spend $2.1 billion ...

A whole new world of getting a mortgage is coming in the beginning of 2014. You should get familiar now!!! To remind you, in the years ...

The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 has provided relief to thousands of borrowers who have completed short sales or obtained ...

Learn if a mortgage is good for you, your clients &/or customers. Housing counselors provide advice on buying a home, renting, defaul...

Do you know someone who purposely defaulted on his mortgage even though he had the ability to pay it? Perhaps this person did not want to w...

Incident to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) new mortgage rules, the Ability-to-Repay Rules, the CFPB also has created...

To access the new Handbook for MHA, inclusive of HAMP and HAFA,  click here .  This Handbook is the rules for banks / servicers to modify m...