Q&A: Mortgage Assistance
What is a foreclosure moratorium?
What is a repayment plan?
Can a restructured mortgage include an interest rate reduction?
What is a principal reduction?
How can changing the length of the loan help a struggling borrower?
What is a short sale?
What other methods could lenders be using to help at-risk borrowers?
Why is it hard to rework a loan?
Who else can help borrowers?
 
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With more than 4 million homeowners behind on their mortgage payments, the government is scrambling to help at-risk borrowers avoid foreclosure.

President Barack Obama plans to help up to 9 million borrowers avoid foreclosure through refinanced mortgages or modified loans. The Obama administration expects its plans to make a big dent in the foreclosure crisis.

But it remains to be seen whether the lending industry will fully embrace it, despite $75 billion in incentive payments.

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