How To Find The Best Loan Modification Help Online « Finance Blog – 41th Edition

June 30, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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The process of getting yourself home loan modification help can take as long as up to 3 months, but it’s ultimately going to be worth the wait. You can get yourself a much better interest rate on your current loan. …
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Predatory Renting Crisis In The Midst Of The American Foreclosure … – 41th Edition

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Similar to the housing predatory lending which fuels the foreclosure problem in America, is predatory renting. Predatory renting can be composed of several.
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HAFA program – Will it really speed up the short sale process?

June 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternative (HAFA) is an extension of HAMP (Home Affordable Modification Program). The program was introduced by the Treasury Department to help homeowners who can’t qualify for mortgage modification under HAMP. The program provides the homeowners with an alternative to foreclosure and to speed up the short sale process.
Who can qualify for HAFA?
The HAFA rules are applicable to lenders who participate in the HAMP program and homeowners who do not qualify for mortgage modification. Other requirements include – property is primary residence, mortgage originated before 1st January 2009, unpaid amount does not surpass $729,750, mortgage is owned by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, and etc.
What does Government want to accomplish through HAFA?
The program is designed to speed up the short sale process, standardize the short sale process among lenders, and release homeowner’s/ borrower’s future responsibility for the first mortgage debt.
How does HAFA try to improve the short sales process?
It has been already said that the program has been designed to boost the short sale process. It aims to improve the short sale process in the following ways:
  • The program accepts homeowner’s financial hardship information already collected in connection with consideration of a mortgage modification under HAMP.
  • The program lets homeowners to obtain pre-approved short sales terms before listing the property.
  • The servicers/lenders can’t ask for a reduction in the real estate commission (up to 6 %) as fixed in the listing agreement.
  • The program offers financial incentives to homeowners for relocation assistance, to the servicers to cover administrative costs as well as to the investors for allowing a total of up to $3,000 in short sale proceeds.
  • The program allows borrowers to be completely released from future responsibility for the first mortgage (promissory note, no cash contribution or deficiency judgment is allowed).
Will it really speed up the short sale process?
Well, this is a difficult question to answer. The industry is skeptical about it for various reasons such as:
  • Poor result of HAMP: The underwhelming results of the HAMP program. It is a fact, till January 2010, HAMP had only created around100, 000 modifications, despite making promises to reach 4 million homeowners. However, the results were far from the best.
  • No penalty: There is no penalty for violating the rules. There are no repercussions if the terms aren’t followed as specified or if the total short sale process takes 20, or 30 days.
  • Confusion: Banks have started their own short sale packages. People are getting confused between the HAFA files and the bank’s short sale packages.
  • Low incentives: Financial incentives are low – $1000 incentive payouts (for the servicer of the first mortgage) aren’t really a great amount of money as compared to the volume of work involved to process one of these deals. Second lien holders can get maximum $3,000, but that’s only slightly more than what they are getting today.
  • No deficiency judgment: Since lenders aren’t allowed to utilize deficiency judgments under HAFA, they lose the opportunity to collect some of those outstanding amounts.
Still, many are excited about the program. We, however, hope that the impact of the program will be marginal at best.
Samantha Taylor is the Community Mentor of MortgageFit and has been contributing her suggestions to the Community since 2005. Not just that, she has also made notable contributions through the various articles written on different subjects related to the mortgage industry. Few of her popular articles would include names like ‘Mortgage that you can afford’ , ‘ Mobile Home Loan with Bad Credit’ , and ‘ How much mortgage can I borrow”?

Does anyone understand the "loan modification program" announced … – 41th Edition

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It says one method of reducing the payments will be lowering the interest rate as low as 2%. But it says the reduced payments will only be in place for 5.
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Illinois Real Estates » Blog Archive » Pre-Foreclosure property in … – 41th Edition

June 29, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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This is the initial document filed by an attorney or trustee on behalf of the foreclosing lender that starts the foreclosure process. This 1198 square foot property has 0 bedroom(s) and 1 bath(s). The estimated loan
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Improve Your Loan Modification – Get An Audit | Phoenix Urban … – 41th Edition

June 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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It may not be in the headlines, but we all realize the housing meltdown continues in 2010. Foreclosure rates are stubbornly high, despite so many efforts to reduce them.
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Make Your Loan Modification Application Sizzle!, Loan … – 40th Edition

June 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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The loan modification process is a negotiation. The more leverage you have the more likely it is that you will succeed. Proof of lender violations of TILA, RESPA, HOEPA or state or federal consumer protection laws can give you a …
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Foreclosure versus Short Selling | News and Articles About Real … – 41th Edition

June 28, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Take a look at the advantages will be one of the best things you can do. Here are some things you should know and learn regarding foreclosure and short selling.
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How To Get A Loan Modification Approval – MyEstateBuilder.com – 40th Edition

June 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Similar to thousands of US citizens, if you’re facing troubles in clearing your mortgage loan then the ideal technique is to opt for loan modification approval. Contrary to the thoughts and opinions of a number of naysayers, …
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Foreclosure Process in Minnesota – 41th Edition

June 27, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
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Foreclosure Process in Minnesota Minnesota allows for both judicial or in court and non judicial or out of court foreclosures. As with all states where both forms of foreclosure are followed, the determining factor as to which one the …
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