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Home Foreclosure and Debt Cancellation

Questions and answers about the "Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 [which] generally allows taxpayers to exclude income from the discharge of debt on their principal residence. Debt reduced through mortgage restructuring, as well as m ...

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=174034,00.html

Foreclosure Resource Center

Collection of resources on foreclosures for consumers and researchers, including data, maps, speeches and testimony, policy and regulation documents, and consumer publications addressing topics such as foreclosure prevention and filing a bank-related ...

http://www.frbsf.org/community/issues/assets/preservation/index.html

FBI: Mortgage Fraud

Compilation of material on mortgage fraud in the U.S., including background, news, statistics, and recent cases and field investigations. Includes stories on topics such as house-stealing scams, subprime loans, and "'Operation Malicious Mortgage ...

http://www.fbi.gov/hq/mortgage_fraud.htm

Questions and Answers about AIG

This brief Q&A centers on the 2008 crisis involving American International Group Inc. (AIG), "a global conglomerate that does business in 130 countries and jurisdictions. Its biggest business is insurance, including life, property and casualty, ...

http://blogs.wsj.com/wallstreetcrisis/2008/09/16/questions-and-answers-on-aig/

Making Home Affordable

This federal government website concerns the home mortgage aspect of the Obama administration's 2009 Financial Stability Plan. "If your mortgage loan is owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, you may be eligible for a Home Affordable Refinance. ...

http://www.makinghomeaffordable.gov/

A Lifeline for Delinquent Mortgage Borrowers

This February 2008 article describes the public-private Project Lifeline, "billed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson as 'a targeted outreach to homeowners 90 days or more delinquent that may lead to a pause in the foreclosure process.'" Th ...

http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/mortgages/20080214_project_lifeline_a1.asp

Questions and Answers on Home Foreclosure and Debt Cancellation

Information about the personal income tax consequences of debt forgiveness for money borrowed from a commercial lender, and income gains if there is a foreclosure. Includes examples, and links to related publications on selling your home and bankrupt ...

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=174034,00.html

A First Look at Older Americans and the Mortgage Crisis

"Homeowners age 50 and over have been significantly affected by the mortgage crisis, according to this first-ever analysis of data on the mortgage crisis by age. More than 684,000 homeowners age 50 and over were delinquent, were in foreclosure, ...

http://www.aarp.org/research/credit-debt/mortgages/i9_mortgage.html

Help for Homeowners Facing the Loss of Their Home

This site discusses steps to take when you may unable to pay the mortgage on your home. Topics include contacting your lender, talking to a housing counseling agency, prioritizing debts, and exploring loan workout solutions (such as forbearance or mo ...

http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/econ/econ.cfm

AARP: Reverse Mortgages

This site dedicated to providing information about reverse mortgages includes a reverse mortgage calculator, basic information about reverse mortgages, alternatives to reverse mortgages, the booklet "Home Made Money: A Consumers Guide to Revers ...

http://www.aarp.org/money/revmort/

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