RISMEDIA, December 27, 2010—Refinancings through the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) increased 26% in the third quarter of 2010. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loan modifications through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) increased 16% in the quarter, although the overall volume of loan modifications and the pace of HAMP modifications declined from previous periods. The data were released in FHFA’s Third Quarter 2010 Foreclosure Prevention & Refinance Report, which includes data on all of the Enterprises’ foreclosure prevention efforts.

Findings of the report include:
-Loans modified in the last three quarters are performing substantially better three months after modification, compared to loans modified in earlier periods.

-More than half of the loan modifications completed in the third quarter lowered borrowers’ monthly payments by over 30%.

-Loans that are 30-days delinquent increased by 17,600 loans or 2.7% during the third quarter to approximately 682,000.

-Loans 60-plus-days delinquent declined for the third consecutive quarter. The 60-plus-days delinquent loans decreased by 109,700 loans, or 6.8% during the third quarter to approximately 1.5 million.

-Nearly 35,400 HAMP trial modifications transitioned to permanent during the third quarter, bringing the total number of active HAMP permanent modifications to nearly 260,000.

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