Behind on Your Mortgage? This May Help

by Steve Harney's Keeping Current Matters Blog posted on March 15, 2010

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After receiving an overwhelming response to Friday’s post, I realized two things. First, more people than I thought are willing to admit that they need help with their mortgage payment. Second, there are many people out there who are willing to help. Both realizations were great news to me.

Usually when I post on the House Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), I am talking to the point that the program cannot possibly handle the seven million homes that could potentially face foreclosure this year. In this post I am going to concentrate on the families the program can help.

You can get information by visiting them at http://makinghomeaffordable.gov or calling them at the hotline number which is:

1-888-995-HOPE

Again, even if you are current but are having challenges keeping up with your payments, reach out to them. As the website states:

Millions of borrowers who are current, but having difficulty making their payments and borrowers who have already missed one or more payments may be eligible.

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