Reuters-
RealtyTrac®, a national source for comprehensive housing data, today released its Q1 2016 U.S. Home Equity and Underwater Report, which estimates that less than 1 percent of all seriously underwater properties nationwide potentially qualify for principal loan forgiveness under a new mortgage modification program introduced in April by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which oversees government-backed loan agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
To be considered eligible in the RealtyTrac analysis, the seriously underwater properties (loan-to-value ratio of at least 125 percent) needed to also be actively in foreclosure, owner-occupied, and have an estimated loan amount no more than $250,000 on a loan that is guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac.
Out of 6,703,857 million seriously underwater U.S. properties as of the end of Q1 2016, the RealtyTrac analysis estimated that 33,622 (0.50 percent) would potentially qualify for the FHFA principal reduction program.
[REUTERS]
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