The wait is over for homeowners who want to refinance but owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth. Starting next week, borrowers should find a wide range of lenders offering refinances ...

(MoneyWatch) Changes in the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) program last year meant more than 1 million people refinanced under the government program in 2012, the most refinances done in any ...

Analysts at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods say the strong start to Home Affordable Refinance Program 2.0 bodes well for mortgage banking volumes and margins in the second quarter, with PHH Corp. (PHH) ...

The new version of HARP, the Home Affordable Refinance Program, appears to be gaining in popularity judging by the quarterly figures rolled out today by the Federal Housing Finance Agency. According ...

(MoneyWatch) Despite all the buzz surrounding the housing market's recovery this year, many U.S. homeowners remain in distress. They are still "underwater" on their mortgages, still struggling to make ...

Fewer underwater homeowners worked through the Home Affordable Refinance Program in December than in any other month in more than a year, despite changes that removed previous barriers. About 2,700 ...

WASHINGTON — Banks appear to be effectively using a government program to help struggling borrowers refinance their underwater mortgages in order to make monthly payments more manageable. In the Fed's ...

The main topic of discussion over the last few days has been the upcoming refinements to the HARP program. As detailed Monday morning by the FHFA, the changes are designed to allow more borrowers with ...