Read the Documents Treasury Has Been Keeping Secret
Nov. 12: This index was updated with the certification cover letters for several more mortgage servicers.
In 2010 and 2011, ProPublica submitted Freedom of Information Act requests for documents showing how the government supervised its flagship foreclosure prevention effort, the Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP. More than two years after our first request, Treasury still hasn’t provided all the material we asked for. Here is an index of the documents the department has provided. We will update this list if we receive additional material.
2010 Certifications that Servicers were Following HAMP Rules
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. – cover letter
American Home Mortgage Servicing, Inc. - certification
Aurora Loan Services – cover letter
Aurora Loan Services - certification
Bank of America, N.A. – cover letter
Bank of America, N.A. - certification
Bank of America – BAC/Countrywide subsidiary – cover letter
Bank of America – BAC/Countrywide subsidiary - certification
Bank of America – Home Loan Services subsidiary – cover letter
Bank of America – Home Loan Services subsidiary - certification
CitiMortgage – cover letter
CitiMortgage - certification
GMAC Mortgage – cover letter
GMAC Mortgage - certification
Green Tree – cover letter
Green Tree - certification
HomEq – cover letter
HomEq - certification
JPMorgan Chase – cover letter
JPMorgan Chase - certification
JPMorgan Chase – EMC subsidiary – cover letter
JPMorgan Chase – EMC subsidiary - certification
Litton – cover letter
Litton - certification
Nationstar – cover letter
Nationstar - certification
Ocwen – cover letter
Ocwen - certification
OneWest/IndyMac – cover letter
OneWest/IndyMac – certification
PNC – cover letter
PNC - certification
Saxon – cover letter
Saxon - certification
Select Portfolio Servicing – cover letter
Select Portfolio Servicing – certification
US Bank – cover letter
US Bank – certification
Wells Fargo – cover letter
Wells Fargo - certification
Responses by Servicers to HAMP Audits
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2 comments
Carol Davidek-Waller
Nov. 8, 2012, 6:46 p.m.
Fine resource for journalists. What the rest of need is some sort of analysis.
CECE EDWARDS
Nov. 13, 2012, 9:35 p.m.
review of forms, wells fargo gave you blank pages.
no forms letters from HSBC what happened?
great information otherwise thank you for keeping homeowners like myself knowlegable.
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