Nearly a quarter of a billion borrowers nationwide are eligible and have an incentive to refinance through the FHFA's Home Affordable Refinance Program, which is scheduled to expire later this year. And more than half of them are located in 10 states.
Read More »HARP Draws Fewer Borrowers as Time Goes On
The Home Affordable Refinance Program is heading into its final year, but borrowers don't appear to be rushing to take advantage of it.
Read More »FHFA Extends HARP, Rolls Out High LTV Refi Option
The FHFA announced on Thursday that it will extend its Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) another nine months, and the agency will also be offering a new streamlined refinancing option for high LTV borrowers.
Read More »More Borrowers are Refinancing, But Not Through HARP
The low mortgage rate environment has created an incentive for homeowners to refinance. But fewer and fewer of them are doing it through the government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP).
Read More »HARP Delinquency Rates Lower Across the Board
Data shows that borrowers who refinance through HARP are much less likely to be delinquent than HARP-eligible borrowers who do not utilize the program.
Read More »FHFA Refocuses HARP Awareness Amid New Numbers
For a program that was only supposed to be temporary, HARP is still going rather strong as the Federal Housing Finance Agency makes one final push to get more homeowners refinanced.
Read More »Fannie Mae’s HARP Refinances Pile Up
More American households are saving money, reducing their interest rates, and stabilizing or shortening their loans by refinancing their mortgage.
Read More »HARP Refinances Plunge in Q3
According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency third quarter Refinance Report, a total of 25,824 HARP refinances were completed between July and September, down from the 31,561 refinances completed from April to June.
Read More »Refinances Decline in August Following a Three-Month Rise in Rates
Refinances appear to be cooling off after volume levels decreased in August, while mortgage rates rose for three consecutive months through July, according to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's August 2015 Refinance Report.
Read More »HARP Refinances Hold Steady in Q2
Loans refinanced through the Home Affordable Refinance Program held steady for the second quarter of 2015. According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency's Refinance Report, the total number of loans refinanced through HARP in the second quarter was nearly the same as the number recorded in first quarter.
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