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Loan Servicer Scorecard: Top 5 Lenders Converting Mortgage Modifications

Thursday, September 10th, 2009

Through August 2009, 47 loan service providers have offered more than 570,000 homeowners loan modifications through the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) initiated by the Obama Administration. Of these, 47 service providers have successfully converted over 360,000 modifications, a number that Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions Michael S. Barr is optimistic about. However, in a testimony before the House Financial Services Committee, Barr said he wants to see more conversion of trial offers from loan service providers — namely 500,000 by November 1.

Let’s see which providers top the list:

Servicer % of Eligible Loans Modified
Morgan Stanley’s Saxon Mortgage Services 39%
Nationstar 30%
GMAC 26%
J.P. Morgan Chase 25%
CitiMortgage 23%

While Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp. improved the number of modifications in August over July, they still come in near the bottom at 11% and 7% respectively.

See the full Service Provider Report through August 2009

Other programs initiated by the Obama Administration to address the housing crisis include:

Assistant Secretary Barr says, “Our progress in implementing these programs to date has been substantial, but we recognize that much more has to be done to help homeowners.”

What do you think?

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