Millions of modifications have been granted without significant allowance of the mortgage and millions more turned down that could have worked if the significant were reduced. But now banks are starting to see the light. They have recognized though the pain of owning a lot of real estate doing a modification and some significant reduction, if it's warranted, makes more sense than just foreclosing or doing a short sale.
This wasn't always the case. Also millions of homeowners have seen the light too and stopped beating their head against the banker's walls trying for months on end to get a modification and turned it over to a professional, usually an attorney.
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Why do modifications make more sense moving forward than in the past?
the main reason is homeowners are retaining professionals, mostly law firms, to put in order and process their loan modification requests
banks such as Bank of America see a modification of the first mortgage as a way of preventing a foreclosure. Now that Tarp money is gone their losses are not made up by the government.
the Hamp, Home Affordable Modification agenda has gotten some traction as it has been more widely suitable and people understand it better, consumers and banks.
Why does significant allowance all of a sudden make sense?
the banks are starting to realize that owning more real estate just means more losses on the books and that just reducing the rate and terms on a loan doing a home loan modification doesn't always make the home affordable. By reducing the significant it will turn the trick to make the mortgage payment work
Hamp has added a new wrinkle to it's modification agenda called the Pra or significant allowance Alternative. When the allowance of the interest rate and prolongation of the term don't meet the debt to wage ratios they can sacrifice the principal, if the loan exceeds the value of the home, until it makes the payment affordable at 31% of the borrower's gross income. The average significant allowance has been ,500.
Bank of America now offers a loan modification with a significant allowance if the loan amount exceeds the value by 120%. A B of A significant allowance has been offered to homeowners with Arm loans made in years past that have grown in size and cost pushing people toward foreclosure. Many were bought from Country Wide home loans.
Bankruptcy trustees and courts have been given the authority to sacrifice significant so the someone going bankrupt can keep their home if the circumstances of the loan are prohibitive to the someone affording the home after the bankruptcy. This is gaining traction as bankruptcies are becoming more abundant.
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