Posts Tagged ‘housing’

Getting Cash With Non-Traditional Lenders When Banks Will Not Lend

Everybody is pretty much aware that the economy has changed and the way a lot of things have been done has changed. Banks no longer lend like they did before the economic recession struck, and they take even longer to reach a decision than they did before. However, there are still ways to locate funds to complete investment type deals by using hard money lending sources.

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What You Need To Know About Auto And Home Loans

Your debts can be secured or unsecured. Secured debts usually are tied to an asset, like your car for a car loan, or your house for a mortgage. If you stop making payments, lenders can repossess your car or foreclose on your house. Unsecured debts are not tied to any asset, and include most credit card debt, bills for medical care, signature loans, and debts for other types of services.

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Take That Notice Of Default And

If you are one of the over 100,000 American homeowners to receive a Notice of Default last month – well, at least you are not alone! The Notice of Default (NOD) is the official start to the foreclosure process. It probably was not a surprise to you, as it usually takes about 90 days of delinquency before it is issued. But, it’s always a shocker, and never a welcomed event. This foreclosure process that you are now in will protect you even while it humiliates you.

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Mortgage Modification 101

When considering home loan modification programs nowadays, understand that they’ve generally come about because of general economic circumstances in the wider world. Many people are struggling to pay their home loans, in other words. But there are several programs that those holding a mortgage may be able to take advantage of, including modifying it so that a monthly payment that’s lower will result.

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Income Tricks And Tips To Get A HAMP Modification

Thousands of people submit mortgage modifications applications every day with errors. Significant errors. Errors in the basis for the whole application – the gross household income! Since the mortgage modification is, for many, the best hope of keeping their homes and since the income section is the very foundation of the application, this is a big problem indeed. dozens of people review their applications with me each week prior to submitting to the bank. The majority make errors in the Income Section of the application. They get their own income wrong! So, let me tell you what I tell them:

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Mortgage Modification Success Requires File Inertia

A brief review of this scientific principle can help you balance your family’s budget through a mortgage modification. That’s right, high school physics to the rescue!

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Mortgage Modifications Have Changed

In 2009 I spent a lot of time with clients trying to figure if they’d qualify for a mortgage modification. In 2010 it takes me about 5 minutes and is nearly 100% accurate. That’s because the banks, in their rush to streamline, have become so very standardized and predictable.

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Mortgage Modification Rejections Are Good, Hope For A Mortgage Modification Rejection, Please Reject My Mortgage Modification Application!

It’s just part and parcel of the mortgage modification process in 2010 – REJECTION! Lenders can’t deliver performance levels that satisfies anyone in spite of over two years of work and over eighteen months of financial incentives from the President’s Making Homes Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). Even well qualified applicants are getting rejected. Sometimes, more than once.

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Loan Mod Problems – Escalate Em!

Sometimes waiting in line is smart. Like, for instance in the security line at the airport. However, if you are waiting in line for a loan modification, you’re nuts. In the line ahead of you are hundreds of thousands of frustrated homeowners just like you. Instead, you’ve got to get “Out-of-Line” and up to the front of the line. That’s right. Take cuts!

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