Frank Collins asked:




The home loan industry has changed stated income loans requirements if you don’t know yet. Most lenders now want full documentation loans and borrowers qualifying by using traditional debt to income ratio calculations. This directly affects the high cost housing markets like California, Florida, and the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey, Connecticut as well as parts of Maryland, Virginia, and Massachusetts. The reason is a lot of homeowners in these markets used adjustable rate mortgages and qualified by using stated income, stated assets and some instances no verification of employment.

The adjustments for adjustable rate mortgages (ARMs) will continue through 2010 and into 2011. Most homeowners will be unable to refinance due to loss of equity in their home, their job, or other hardship. So, their best option is to negotiate with their loan servicing company or let the home go into foreclosure. Homeowners need to understand that when they send in a payment to the lender or loan servicer, that is their primary business to collect debts not negotiate with the public to change terms or modify interest rates. Furthermore, in a majority of the cases the borrowers do not get through to the right person or worse yet call them back in a timely fashion until they are close to foreclosure.

If a borrower has a truthful hardship and the bank is slow to react or refuses to listen what happens is a foreclosure results and the borrowers credit is hurt for seven years. When you are facing this situation and getting nowhere with a business and you don’t get the results you need in a timely manner, you should hire an attorney who specializes in foreclosures and loan modifications!

There are many stories from borrowers who say they most banks will not discuss your situation unless you are behind two to four months in payments. Once that occurs, your hard earned credit scores from years of being responsible are wiped out. Furthermore, you may never be eligible for a home loan at market rates for quite some time.

The solution is to use a loan modification company that actually does have an attorney on staff to get answers and responses quickly so your situation is resolved quickly. You end up keeping your home, getting a loan modification, reducing your interest rate to an affordable level, and in some cases reducing your loan principal but there’s no guarantees. An experienced debt representative from the attorney backed loan modification company will call you to see if you do qualify based on certain criteria.

Although, some firms will take your money even if you don’t qualify. Those are the ones you have to watch out for. They hit you when you’re down. Work with a loan modification company that has success, years of experience, paralegals and an attorney on staff. You will feel more at ease knowing you have the best team working on a solution for you whether it be a short sale, a deed in lieu of foreclosure, tax ramifications of short sale, or a loan modification.

A lawyer who specializes in negotiating with lenders can achieve magical results especially if they find RESPA or TILA violations to use for leverage. A real estate attorney understands how to speak their language and get the lender to negotiate. When a homeowners uses an Attorney, the lender’s loss mitigation and legal department become very receptive and responsive. Get a good legal team on your side to stop foreclosure and get a loan modification!

Sara

Fhaloans4less asked:


The number one reason people seek out a home mortgage refinance loan is to obtain a loan with a lower interest rate. Doing this with a good credit history is no problem for a homeowner but for someone with a bad credit history, it is a whole different story all together. This however, doesn’t mean that it is impossible to achieve. Rather; it only means that some homework is required to successfully obtain a bad credit home refinance loan with a lower interest rate.

Get Copies of Your Credit Reports

Step number one should be to obtain free copies of your credit report from all three major credit reporting agencies in the U.S. They are obligated by law to provide you with one every year upon request. The number one most common mistake found on a credit report, is showing negative information that has passed its time limitation.

A Seven Year Time Limit

The longest time that negative information, other then a bankruptcy can appear on your credit report is seven years after the last action that was taken on the account. This means that seven years after you made your last payment on any account that is shown on your credit report, it can  no longer appear on your credit report.

Don’t Fall for Bad Credit Scams

Never waste even a dime on any come-on that promises to erase bad credit. They are all scams and even the most reputable services of this type merely do what is described in the above paragraph. The worst of these con scams are the ones that promise to erase a bankruptcy from your credit report. There is only one way to get legitimate negative information off your credit report and that is “time”.

A Home Loan Mediator for a Bad Credit Loan

After you have done your best to “dust off” your credit reports, the next best move you can make in obtaining a bad credit home refinance loan, is to procure the services of a home loan mediator. With bad credit, you are at an extreme disadvantage trying to search out a quality loan on your own. A home loan mediator can quickly and expediently present you with far more home refinance loan options for you to compare and will also assist you in “deciphering” terms and clauses in their contracts.



NOLAN