Making Home Affordable: Program’s Loan-To-Value Limit May Soon Change
June 29th, 2009 by Michael E. Riley
The “Making Home Affordable” program introduced by the Obama administrationis may soon change to allow higher LTV (Loan-To-Value) ratios which in turn will open the program to more borrowers, particularly those with upside-down mortgages (mortgages where loan amount signifficantly exceeds the property value due to falling home prices).
The program is currently open to the borrowers who’s loan amounts are…
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