Natalie Campisi is a senior journalist who covers personal finance, balancing timely news with in-depth enterprise reporting. Her mission is to make complex financial issues clear and accessible for ...

The modification process is a bit more streamlined than the divorce process, mainly because there is a lot less discovery. Since the property division portion of a divorce agreement or judgement is ...

When Teresa D. Johnson purchased a home several years ago, she was excited about becoming a homeowner and had planned to move her mother and father in with her so that they could enjoy a peaceful ...

Treasury should authorize housing counselors to approve HAMP modifications, writes Andrew Jakabovics. A homeowner gets help with restructuring her mortgage from a loan counselor at an event in Chicago ...

Today’s servicers are working in a challenging environment due to several compounding factors. For one, the mortgage industry is experiencing historically low interest rates, which have set in motion ...

When Eerica Flippin got an approval letter from Bank of America about a trial plan for a home modification program, she was thrilled. "You make those payments, and you make them on time and that way ...