Welcome to our stop foreclosure blog site, My name is Patrick and I want to thank you for coming to our Stop Foreclosure Information Blog site. In just a moment, I`m going to reveal to you some tips and facts that most lenders and banks don`t want you to know. Tips that can prevent the foreclosure process from ever starting-and-even stop it once it has started.
Let`s get started.
Whats going on right now in our country with so many homes going into foreclosure is due to Outrageous loans made to almost anyone who could cause a mirror to fog up. In different parts of the country, many lenders even committed fraud by placing a higher value on homes than they were worth, simply to inflate the amount of the loan needed by the homeowner, and boost their own profits.
The fears over the U.S sub prime mortgage market have triggered a global credit crunch, playing havoc with wall street stock portfolios and dragging down global markets.
In case you`re not familiar with the term, sub prime loans are offered at high rates, and usually on adjustable terms, to Americans who have a poor credit rating and might other wise be denied loans. Buy as interest rates have risen,so do those adjustable payments, leaving many homeowners stretched beyond their means. You or someone you know may be facing this right now.
Here are 7 ways to stop a foreclosure
If you have not missed a payment yet, but know you are going to, the first thing you must do is contact your lender and let them know your situation. If you have lost your job or have some other type of hardship going on let them know. They can give you time to help get your life back together, but you must call them as soon as you know you`re going to miss a payment. The longer you wait, or if you wait until you actually miss your payment, makes it more difficult to ultimately get the problem solved.
Ask for a forbearance. This allows you to delay payments for a short period of time, with the understanding that another option will be used afterward to bring the account current. . .For example, if you know you`ll have the funds to bring your account current by a specific date because of a guaranteed sum of money you`re receiving.
Ask for a repayment plan. This the lender agrees to add a certain amount of the first missed payment onto each of the next subsequent two payments. These plans provide some breathing room for you if you only have short-term financial problems, such as a sudden expensive repair or a medical expense that makes it difficult to pay your mortgage for one month.
If you have already missed two or three payments and owe a couple thousand in lender legal fees, the lender of your mortgage may still try to arrange a repayment schedule. But you will likely have to pay a third to a half of the delinquent amount up front, and then pay off a portion of the remaining balance each month for a year or more. Also never ignore the lenders letters or phone calls. Ignoring the problem won`t make it go away-and if you`re going into a foreclosure process, there are other fees and costs involved and ignoring them only makes these worse.
You may also be eligible for a loan modification plan, designed for people who can`t afford repayment plans. In a modification, the lender actually adjusts the terms of the loan to make it affordable. It may lengthen your amortization schedule or lower the interest rate to cut the monthly payments, or roll the past due amount into the loan and re-amortize the new balance so you can pay the additional debt back over time.
Some companies may be willing to offer you a "short refinance" too. With these, the lender agrees to forgive some of your debt and refinance the rest into a new loan. This way, the lender still gets more money than they would by foreclosing on you.
A Deed in Lieu of foreclosure(D.I.L) is an option in which you voluntarily deed your property back to the lender in exchange for a release from all obligations under the mortgage.Unfortunately there is no way to do this without hurting your credit, unless you get the mortgage company to report your mortgage account as paid in full. You may face income tax issues resulting from the lender forgiving part of the debt (which the i.r.s. will likely treat as income to you, even though you don`t receive any cash in the transaction), but you might be able to get yourself out of the hole and start over again sooner rather than later.
If you can`t afford your normal monthly payments , but can`t afford to make up the delinquent amount and legal fees because your lender offered a really harsh repayment plan, you may want to consider filing chapter 13 bankruptcy. Doing so temporarily halts the foreclosure process and can force the mortgage lender to accept a more friendly repayment plan. This is a last resort, and will still negatively affect your credit.
If none of these strategies work, there is still one other option.
As you may know, a foreclosure is devastating to your credit rating and can affect it for 7 to 10 years. Whats more, buying or even renting another home in that time period may be impossible for you. But there is one more option where I may be able to help you personally.
Even if you can no longer afford to keep your home, you can still protect your equity and keep a good credit rating.
HERE`S HOW :
Up until a few days before the bank forecloses on your property, you have the opportunity to stop that process by having someone purchase the property.
I may be willing to do this for you. I arrange creative,legal and ethical ways to buy property or assume mortgages from people who need help. I may even be able to let you stay in the house, depending on your situation. The bottom line though, is this: If your situation allows it , I can stop your foreclosure and often put money BACK in your pocket so you can start over in a more affordable home.
So please consider what I`m about to say carefully. If you don`t have the money to pay off your lender.....if you see no real chance of making up the payments and costs....and if you would be open to discussing opportunities that can relieve you of this burden, please do the following for me.
I`ll need to know:
How much is still owed on your mortgage and how many payments are overdue?
Does the payment include the property taxes, and if not, are any tax payments overdue?
Has a notice for the sheriff`s sale been sent?
Has the bank sent you a list of additional expenses owed to them for the foreclosure process?
Address of the property, or at least the closest major cross street.
Rate the house poor to great condition.
And, of course , your name, phone number(cell phone as well) and the best time to call you.
That`s about it, With just a little information and by spending just a few minutes talking, I`ll be able to find out if I can help-and your worries could be over.
Let me just say this:
I understand that this is not a pleasant thing to go through, and I truly hope that this information I have provided you with will help to change your situation.
Please know that your situation is NOT hopeless . Your attitude and ability to keep it together during this time is crucial to getting through it with the best possible results.
Just remember , it`s important to act fast. Time is of the essence in these situation.
If you resolve the problem and save your home from the info I have shared with you I`ll be extremely happy for you, if you can`t resolve the situation, I could possibly be your safely net, because the last thing you want is to have a foreclosure happen.
Remember to leave your full name and your phone numbers at the voice message prompt so I can back to you right away.
This is Pat Angelo thanking you for taking the time to read and be informed and I wish you the best in your efforts.
