The real estate sector is encountering exceptional difficulties in this era of high interest rates and high—though seemingly abating—Inflation. In a distressed real estate market, owners and lenders ...

When a big portion of your paycheck disappears into your mortgage, it’s hard to make space for anything else. But the amount you send your lender each month isn’t as fixed as it might seem.

A loan modification is often billed as a lifeline for homeowners in trouble. But if you ask Johnnie Jefferson, an 85-year-old resident of Richmond, TX, she’d tell you that a loan modification has ...

In the post-pandemic era, mortgage rates hit their highest level in years as the Federal Reserve raised the benchmark interest rate to fight inflation. Compare your top mortgage loan rates now. "As ...

If you’re looking for better mortgage terms, loan modification and refinance can be viable options to improve your financial health. Financial struggles can happen to anyone, but homeowners have ...

QDo borrowers have any say over the type of loan modification they get? What kind of modification should they look for? AMortgage modifications are changes in the terms of a loan designed to make it ...

Khristopher J. Brooks is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. He previously worked as a reporter for the Omaha World-Herald, Newsday and the Florida Times-Union. His reporting primarily focuses on the U.S.

Monthly mortgage payments can increase even if your interest rate is fixed. If your mortgage payment includes homeowners insurance, property taxes, homeowners association dues or other homeownership ...

The Obama Administration is gearing up to play hardball with mortgage companies that only temporarily lower struggling homeowners’ monthly payments. But as the drive to make more loan modifications ...

Regional banks are beginning to feel the squeeze of the weakened office market, even as larger institutions are facing fewer troubled loans. The average bank with $100B or less in assets modified 0.32 ...

Roughly $162B worth of securitized commercial mortgages were due to mature last year, and many lenders and investors spoke about how the patience with building owners would wear off. While patience ...

The CRED iQ research team zeroed in on loan modifications over the past three years, exploring trends and resolutions for commercial real estate securitized loans during this transformative period.