Need Mortgage Refinance

The first thing your loan servicer will do to see if you are eligible for the loan modification program is establish if the loan you have meets the terms for loan modification and if it does:

They will ask about your current income, what assets you have, if any, and any ongoing expenses. What they want to know is whether you will be able to make any new payments that will be due after loan modification by understanding your specific circumstances. Anything you tell them will eventually need to be supported by documented evidence i.e. tax returns, pay stubs etc.

They will also need to establish that your monthly first lien mortgage repayment does not exceed 31% of your gross monthly income.

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If you are having trouble keeping up with your home loan mortgage repayments you are likely to receive a letter from your lender asking you to get in touch.

If you are serious about avoiding foreclosure the worst thing you can do is ignore the letters and the problem. The more payments you miss the more difficult it will become to resolve the problem and loosing your house will become more likely.

So make sure you contact your home lone mortgage lender as soon as you become aware that you have a problem. There will be options available to you to help you through your financial difficulties and mortgage lenders really do not want your house, they would prefer that any financial problems are resolved. Some of the options are home loan mortgage refinancing and loan modification but there may also be alternative options.

Open and read all correspondence from your lender, apart from anything else the information provided may include suggestions for avoiding foreclosure. You are also likely to have any proposed legal actions against you outlined and you need to be aware of these, not opening your mail cannot be used in your defense or as an excuse if you end up in court.

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There has recently been a change to home loan mortgage refinancing under the ‘Make Home Affordable’ program regarding property value.

Part of the acceptance criteria for mortgage refinancing under the ‘make home affordable’ plan was that the new mortgage could not exceed the current value of your home by more than 5% (i.e. 105% ).  That has proved to be a number that was not a workable level and so the criteria has been extended to 125% recently so that more people qualify.

Although this is a more practicable acceptance criteria in the spirit of the program, the level is getting a little scary in terms of the loan to value ratio and is starting to smack of what got us all in this mess in the first place. At the end of the day the intention is that the repayments need to be sustainable and the loan ultimately needs to be paid off.

For that reason I suspect that this will be the only increase that will be done so if you still don’t qualify I wouldn’t hold my breath, you may have to wait until house prices rise again to see yourself in line for the program and right now who knows when that will be for sure.

First thing you need to know is that assistance from a genuine HUD-approved housing counselor under the ‘Making Home Affordable’ program is absolutely free, you do not have to pay for advice or information under this program. So if you are being asked to pay a fee for housing counseling you should politely decline and end the conversation.

Never sign over or transfer the deed of your house to anyone off the back of a claim they can save your house for you if you do, the only possible exception to this is if you are dealing with your mortgage company to resolve your debt problem.

You should also never give your mortgage payments to anyone without the approval of  your mortgage company.

If you suspect that you are being approached by an individual or organisation that you think are trying a scam,  you have every right to report this to a government representative for the ‘Make Home Affordable’ program. Which is also the correct place to go for your free advice and information.