Loan modifications: Streamlined application process to begin June1
Treasury officials said Thursday that starting June 1, borrowers will be able to submit a streamlined package of documents, including two pay stubs, to qualify for the Obama administration Making Home Affordable loan modifications. If borrowers make their initial trial payments ontime, they will be give a permanent loan modification.
"This is not about not getting documents back and forth and the servers losing it," said Phyllis Caldwell, chief of Treasury's Homeownership Preservation Office.
The focus of the revised rules, she said, is to help move the almost 1 million borrowers nationwide in trial loan modifications into permanent new deals.
Streamlining the process is good for borrowers and banks were having trouble with the paperwork as well.
I've been told by some lenders that if an employee gets overtime pay, for example, that borrower has to get a letter from his employer saying the intention is to continue paying for overtime. That's a lot to ask.
Even so, Dimon said the Obama loan modification system is not a failure and that the number of loans receiving permanent modifications will improve over time.
At present, 25 percent of all mortgage loans that are behind have received any sort of offer of a modification. Within that group, only 14 percent have become a permanent modification.
That's for all lenders.
Loan modifications are supposed to be one way to head off foreclosure.
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Harriet Johnson Brackey, the personal finance columnist for the Sun Sentinel, is an award-winning business reporter. Her columns for 2008 were named "The Best in the Business," a national award chosen by her colleagues at the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
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Obama needs to impose punitive damages against banks who breach their fiduciary responsibility like this.
Posted by: Oblabla | January 28, 2010 10:32 AM
I have been trying to get a mod for 1 year. I have dealt with hours on hold w/the bank, hang ups, extended "trial period", & resubmitting docs repeatedly. I have been refused my repeated requests to talk to a bank decisionmaker. I can only speak w/a call center employee. After a year of this, they finally send me a mod agreement that adds add'l $30K to my principal and when I call to have that add'l amt explained, again the call ctr people can't explain it and they tell me I'm "lucky" to get a mod agreement at all and then threaten to foreclose if I don't sign & return the agreement that I don't understand within 7 days! That's not enough time to have it reviewed by an atty which is necessary since no one at the bank will explain the terms of the mod. They want you to blindly sign what you don't understand and expect you to be happy about it. I understand they are overwhelmed w/applicants, but the way they handle the process is ridiculous & downright unethical!
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Posted by: nancy | January 29, 2010 7:18 AM
Most of these loans modifications don't accomplish what the buyer really wants and that is a major reduction in monthly payment. The only way to accomplish that is to either have the principal slashed (forgiven) or extend the loan period. Most lenders aren't interested in cutting possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars off the principal. Cutting the interest rate, when it is already low doesn't amount to much reduction in the monthly payment. About half of those who have received the modifications will re-default so they effort is for naught.
Posted by: LeadArbitrator | January 29, 2010 7:47 AM
I had 2 different mortgaged homes 1 upside down the other had equity, At that time the advise seemed to be that the banks would not even consider a modification unless you were a few months behind in payments, so that is what I did, in the 3rd month I got a foreclosure package on the home that had equity loaded with about $5k in junk fees. I argued with the bank to no avail so I paid up including the junk fees, about 2 months later I get a modification package in the mail (here's the Highlights!) my monthly payments went down!! Yippy! but this is how they did it, they reduced my balance by about the same as the junk fee's however my current mortgage was 10 yrs old and more principle was being paid, my modification was a new 30 yr. so you look at the interest portion (the part were they make money!) I was paying more interest then the original mortgage was at, therefore the mortgage company was doing better with my new mortgage and I am now paying an additional 10 years, (great plan of not?) as to the other mortgaged home that was upside down! they would not even talk to me about that one!
P.S. The advise that seems to be going around lately is that you should not look upon this as a moral obligation but a business decision like the Banks always do and hand them your keys and say "Sorry you loaned me this money based on the homes equity and it's just not working out for me but thanks anyways !!!"
Posted by: Ron E | January 30, 2010 8:39 AM
I here rumers that the interest rates will be starting at rise in the next few months', why does that not surprise me that this program does not start until the banks have had enough time to raise there interest rates!
Posted by: RonE | January 30, 2010 8:42 AM
"Bankers Ass. Trying To Pass Non-Judicial Foreclosure For Florida" This will enable them to take your home in 3 months. They are lobbying fearlessly presenting bill March 2 to go in effect July 1st. They will take our rights away and by-pass the courts they will be the judge & jury. We cannot let them get away with this..everyone write & call your local & state representatives and tell the "DO NOT PASS THIS BILL" It's just another way for the banks to cover up their mistakes..
Posted by: chichi | January 30, 2010 3:53 PM
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Posted by: Loan Modification | February 8, 2010 9:57 AM
Finally, they are finding new ways to help troubled home owners.It is a great initiative that really needs to continue.
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Posted by: Mortgage loan modification | March 5, 2010 5:20 AM
Obama's plan does not seem to work. For this reason it is advised to seek help from a mortgage loan modification consultant.
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I need some help on how I can receive a Government Modification Loan.
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Posted by: Mortgage loan modifiaction | June 23, 2010 4:45 AM
So you need to make the decision and turn the tough times and poor economy to your favor so you can keep your home. Just make sure that you start the process for a home loan modification as soon as you possibly can. It will do you no good if your home forecloses and you half way through the loan modification process.
Posted by: Épületgépészet | July 28, 2010 2:37 AM
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Posted by: Szonyegtisztitas | July 28, 2010 3:36 AM
Make sure you have every piece of financial information about your income and outgoings that you need. If your lender thinks you can afford your current loan or you are not able to afford to pay your new one you will get turned down. Loan modification companies know exactly what you need and will tell you.
Posted by: Masszőr | July 29, 2010 6:31 AM
Er know the banks are losing mortgage modification files on purpose.
You can't be in a hurry to get a mod - just won't happen
What you do need is the REST Report, (that I have) that calculates the NPV that tells your lender whether they should modify, short sell, or foreclose. If you have this, you argue from a position of strenght and power w/ your lender.
This report is being admitted in courts across the US as a foreclosure defense if your lender does not communicate.
Increasingly attorneys across the US are going to run away from modifications because they can't afford the "billable hours"
Get the REST Report for your self and do your own mod if you have the patience to make affordable payments to keep your home
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