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Mortgage Settlement Aids 550K Homeowners, Totaling $45 Billion
The five mortgage servicers involved in
last year's $25 billion settlement over servicer errors and abuses have now
distributed an average of $82,000 in relief to each of 550,000 homeowners. Joseph A. Smith who heads the Office of
Mortgage Settlement Oversight said this is a total of $45.83 billion that has
been distributed in less than one year following the settlement agreement
between the servicers and 49 state attorneys general, the Departments of
Justice and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
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Smith's office released an interim
report on the progress of the settlement distribution today. Smith said he is required to file his first progress
report with the courts in the second quarter of this year but he is providing
this, a second interim report, as part of an ongoing effort to inform the
public about the steps the banks have taken to implement the settlement.
More than $22.48 billion of the
overall completed consumer relief has come in the form of debt forgiveness.
Because of the settlement, the principal reduction helps borrowers stay in
their homes, lowering monthly payments on over 266,000 loans and reducing
homeowners' loan balances by more than $84,000 on average.
This is in addition to the funds
that states allocated for settlement-related purposes, including over $250
million for housing counseling and another $50 million to legal aid.
HUD Secretary Shawn Donovan said
that at the one-year anniversary of the settlement, "We have already surpassed
our initial expectations and the settlement is testament to the fact that large
scale principal reduction can be used as an important to in our efforts to
prevent foreclosures without incurring negative results." The job, however is not done he said and "we
will continue to watch the banks like hawks to ensure they live up to their
obligations as they complete their consumer relief requirements and we measure
their progress on implementing new and improved servicing standards."
Smith said that since his last
progress report he has continued to receive valuable input for counselors,
lawyers, advocates and others which have highlighted continuing areas of
concern such as dual tracking and issues relating to single points of
contact. As a result he has engaged the
banks to address these complaints and will continue to use feedback to inform
his oversight responsibilities.
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Mortgage Settlement Aids 550K Homeowners, Totaling $45 Billion
The five mortgage servicers involved in
last year's $25 billion settlement over servicer errors and abuses have now
distributed an average of $82,000 in relief to each of 550,000 homeowners. Joseph A. Smith who heads the Office of
Mortgage Settlement Oversight said this is a total of $45.83 billion that has
been distributed in less than one year following the settlement agreement
between the servicers and 49 state attorneys general, the Departments of
Justice and Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Smith's office released an interim
report on the progress of the settlement distribution today. Smith said he is required to file his first progress
report with the courts in the second quarter of this year but he is providing
this, a second interim report, as part of an ongoing effort to inform the
public about the steps the banks have taken to implement the settlement.
More than $22.48 billion of the
overall completed consumer relief has come in the form of debt forgiveness.
Because of the settlement, the principal reduction helps borrowers stay in
their homes, lowering monthly payments on over 266,000 loans and reducing
homeowners' loan balances by more than $84,000 on average.
This is in addition to the funds
that states allocated for settlement-related purposes, including over $250
million for housing counseling and another $50 million to legal aid.
HUD Secretary Shawn Donovan said
that at the one-year anniversary of the settlement, "We have already surpassed
our initial expectations and the settlement is testament to the fact that large
scale principal reduction can be used as an important to in our efforts to
prevent foreclosures without incurring negative results." The job, however is not done he said and "we
will continue to watch the banks like hawks to ensure they live up to their
obligations as they complete their consumer relief requirements and we measure
their progress on implementing new and improved servicing standards."
Smith said that since his last
progress report he has continued to receive valuable input for counselors,
lawyers, advocates and others which have highlighted continuing areas of
concern such as dual tracking and issues relating to single points of
contact. As a result he has engaged the
banks to address these complaints and will continue to use feedback to inform
his oversight responsibilities.
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