Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Modify My Loan Without Refinancing

As we all know, there are no more stated income, or any sub prime loans since the market has crashed. Now lenders are focusing only on full documentation loans. As a result, it is becoming more and more impossible for homeowners to refinance their mortgages because they are either upside down or they won't qualify because they have no income.

Now homeowners can only either talk to their mortgage company to do a mortgage loan modification or give up and let the house go to foreclosure. Since banks are in the business of making money, they are commonly interested in receiving payments; therefore, they are more likely to modifying the loan. In addition to that if you have tried to call the bank, I'm sure that you have experienced them transferring you all over the place before finally hang up the phone.

The good thing about a loan modification is that you don't have to try to do anything that will ruin your credit like try to refinance. If you contact a lawyer who specializes in loan modifications, you will want to make sure that they verify their credentials and make sure that they are working with a reputable company.

Most Lenders won't even consider you for a loan modification unless you have been behind on your payments for at least 4 months. This is a disadvantage for those of you who are not that behind on your payments. Especially if the situation is out of your control, like a job loss, a death in the family or any other issues that may come up as a home owner.

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