Wednesday, November 19, 2008

U.S. tries new tack on mortgage program

"The Bush administration said Wednesday that it was changing its nearly-moribund mortgage rescue plan in an effort to spark more lenders and homeowners to participate.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development's Hope for Homeowners mortgage rescue plan, which Congress toiled over for months before passing legislation last summer, took effect Oct. 1.

The program aimed to help hundreds of thousands of homeowners by putting up government insurance behind cheaper, refinanced mortgages, for people at risk of foreclosure."

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U.S. tries new tack on mortgage program

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