(BPT) - When the federal Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) launched in 2009, millions took advantage, but many other homeowners found they couldn’t qualify to refinance their underwater ...

The Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) was established in 2009 as a way to help struggling homeowners refinance in the aftermath of the housing crisis. Because of lower down payments and the ...

Regulators have made key changes to a mortgage refinance program designed to help borrowers who owe more on their loans than their house is worth. The revamped version of HARP, the Home Affordable ...

The Home Affordable Refinance Program to help underwater homeowners refinance into lower-rate mortgages — and thereby lower their payments and stay in their homes — has finally started to catch on in ...

In the wake of the subprime mortgage crisis and economic downturn of 2008, millions of U.S. homeowners saw the value of their homes — and their overall wealth — decline drastically. One of the steps ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government effort to help homeowners refinance into cheaper loans gained traction last year, helped by rising home prices and changes to the program that made more ...