On February 1, President Obama released a fact sheet outlining his plan to assist the recovery of the housing market. The key aspects of the President’s plan include: (i) broad based refinancing; (ii) a new homeowner bill of rights; (iii) a pilot sale by the FHFA to transition foreclosed property into rental housing; (iv) providing a full year of forbearance to unemployed borrowers; (v) a joint investigation into mortgage origination and servicing abuses; and (vi) expanding HAMP eligibility and increasing modification incentives.
Housing Market
House Hearing on Housing Market Recovery
On February 16, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing on government barriers to housing market recovery.