The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), the lesser-known half of the "Making Home Affordable" duet, has been extended for one more year, and will now be available through June 30, 2011, according to a statement from the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
The idea behind the HARP program is to allow borrowers who owe up to 25% more than their homes are currently worth* to refinance to a quality, fixed-rate mortgage.
The Minnesota Home Ownership Center has a fact sheet that can help understand the basics of the entire "Making Home Affordable" program, here.
ALSO... we couldn't post about loan modifications / refis with warning Minnesota Home Owners, AGAIN, to make sure that they DO NOT PAY for any third-party loan modification service. Deal directly with your lender yourself, or with one of our free, non-profit Foreclosure Counselors. For additional warnings about for-profit loan modification companies (and scams)... visit here. To find your local non-profit Foreclosure Counselor, click here.
* While program guidelines allow for 125% Loan-To-Value (LTV) amounts... most lenders are only allowing 105% or less LTV... one of the major drawbacks to the program.
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