The rental initiative arrives with a slew of new housing shakeups: the rehashed refinancing plan, the nebulous mortgage settlement deal, and a four-city pilot program to rework low-income tax credits.

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The plan includes refinancing some of the borrowers into private, fixed-rate mortgages, or putting them into Federal Housing Administration loans.

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Though the details are somewhat complicated, the plan essentially streamlines the loan modification and refinancing process for borrowers at risk.

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And that's why we've launched a housing plan that will help millions of responsible homeowners save money by refinancing or modifying their mortgages.

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President Obama has a plan to help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing.

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President Obama has proposed a plan that will help millions of responsible homeowners save hundreds of dollars each month by refinancing their mortgages at today's historically low interest rates.

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We launched a housing plan that has already contributed to a spike in the number of homeowners who are refinancing their mortgages, which is the equivalent of another tax cut for them.

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