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Article: Moody's report on FDIC, FHA loan-modification programs.(Briefing Book)
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- Mortgage Banking
- Article date:
- January 1, 2009
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Although there is promising potential in two separate government loan-modification programs recently rolled out by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Housing Administration (FHA), both programs still require some tweaking, according to a report by Moody's Investors Service, New York.
The Moody's report--The Impact of FDIC's and FHA's Mortgage Loan Rescue Programs on RMBS Loss Expectations--notes that the FDIC's new loan-modification program may, if successful, eventually reduce cumulative losses for mortgage loans underlying U.S. residential mortgage backed-securities (RMBS).
Another program--FHA's HOPE for Homeowners ...