Hardship Short Sales: A Break for Sandy Victims

The recent Hurricane Sandy affected mortgage holders in hard-hit Northeastern states in a number of ways. Lenders from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on down stepped up to offer ways to ease the burden of mortgage payments and avoid foreclosure. Among those options is...

Hurricane Sandy: Impact on the Economy?

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the megastorm that met up with a couple of other weather systems on the Eastern Seaboard to wreak havoc on 12 states, US economists and disaster experts are beginning to assess the economic impact of the storm on the housing market as...

Protecting Your Investment: Know the Limits of Coverage

The property owners and business people struggling to cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy are now having to face the news of another storm bearing down on the battered Eastern Seaboard. If that isn’t enough, news that a small earthquake rattled parts of New...

Life After Sandy: Mortgage Help for Homeowners

Natural disasters can polarize the country. As residents in several states struggle to regain their lives in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the superstorm that walloped the East Coast over the last weekend in October, pundits, politicians, advertisers and...