Mortgage Reform Unlikely in 2007

Homeowners unable to pay monthly mortgage bills and facing foreclosure shouldn't count on help from Washington this year.  Regulators and lawmakers seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach as they confront the fallout from several years of lenders making too many home loans to people with inadequate credit.

The foreclosure rate nationwide is rising at an annual rate double that of two years ago.  Nearly 2 million adjustable-rate mortgages are forecast to reset at higher rates over the next two years, suggesting the foreclosure rate has not peaked.

Federal lawmakers and regulators say they are balancing how to make sure high-risk borrowers can still get loans against efforts to rein in abusive lending practices.

We'll keep you posted here on anything new that might help if you're struggling with, or facing, possible foreclosure.