Home Loan Modification Program may help avoid a short sale or foreclosure in Mesquite Nevada. Home owners may have a chance to modify the mortgage of their primary home under the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan. Your home loan may qualify for this Making Home Affordable possible solution for homeowners who may be close to foreclosure or short sale of their home.
The Treasury Dept and HUD have a new Making Home Affordable website to help homeowners with foreclosure or short sale prevention.
UPDATE !! The Obama Administration has announced details of new efforts to help bring relief to responsible homeowners under the Making Home Affordable Program, including an effort to achieve greater affordability for homeowners by lowering payments on their second mortgages as well as a set of measures to help underwater borrowers stay in their homes. PRESS RELEASE
Bill Gassett is a top real estate agent in the Metrowest Massachusetts and presents the highlights of the loan modification program:
The Obama Administration has announced new U.S. Department of the Treasury guidelines to enable servicers to begin modifications of eligible mortgages under the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.
The release of detailed requirements for the "Making Home Affordable" program facilitates implementation of the critical provisions that will help bring relief to responsible homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments, while preventing neighborhoods and communities from suffering the negative effects of foreclosure such as lower property values, increased crime and higher taxes.
You can see the complete Home Affordable Loan Modification Program Guidlines here.
Here are the highlights of the loan modification program:
• Mortgages for single-family properties that are worth more than $729,750 are excluded from the provisions of this bill. For two families the amount is $934,200. For three families the amount is $1,129,250 and for four families the amount is $1,403,400.
• Interest rates can be lowered to a minimum of 2 percent and then if necessary, the term of the loan can be extended to a maximum of 40 years.
• The home must be a primary residence and verified as such with a tax return, credit report, and other documentation such as a utility bill. The home may not be investor-owned property.
• The home may not be vacant or condemned.
• Borrowers must provide their most recent tax return and two pay stubs, as well as an "affidavit of financial hardship" to be qualified.
• Borrowers in bankruptcy are not automatically eliminated from consideration for a modification in this program.
• Borrowers in active litigation regarding the mortgage loan can qualify for a modification without waiving their legal rights.
• Borrowers are only allowed to have their loans modified once, and the program only applies for loans made on Jan. 1, 2009 or earlier.
• Eligibility is restricted to loans originated on or before January 1, 2009.
• Incentives are provided to extinguish second liens on loans modified under the program.
• Homeowners are eligible for up to $1,000 of principal reduction payments each year for up to five years.
• Separately, up to 5 million borrowers who have mortgages held by government controlled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be eligible to refinance through June 2010.
This loan modification home affordability program should stem the tide for quite a few folks who would otherwise end up in foreclosure.
I applaud the fact that the government has finally started to take some meaningful action. This new bill comes on the heels of the 1st time buyers incentive program.
While these are great steps to get the nations housing back on track, there are some that are so far in over their head that even a loan modification is not going to help.
There are still options available that can be taken to avoid foreclosure. A short sale is one of the means that may allow you to sell your home and get rid of your debt.
See these articles for further details:
Foreclosure avoiding it through a short sale
Short sales and deed in lieu of foreclosure
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About the Author: The above Real Estate information on making home affordable loan modification program was provided by Bill
Gassett, a Nationally recognized leader in his field. Bill can be reached via email at billgassett@remaxexec.com or by phone at 508-435-5356.
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Virginia thanks for reblogging my post. The more people that know about this the better!
Virginia, great technique to stay out of trouble.
Bill - thanks for telling me about it - great explanation of the loan modification program.
Gary - I am pretty good at staying out of trouble. :)
I agree this is valueable info and we need to get the word out.
Vanessa - we really have to pay attention to keep up with the changes in this market - loan modification programs can make a huge difference right now.
Hi Virginia - this is a great post, well worth reblogging.
Hi Margaret, yes, a good one - thanks to Bill! Hope this info on loan modification helps keep someone from a foreclosure or short sale.