Sabtu, 15 Oktober 2011

Help For Mortgage: Mortgage Loan Modification Can Help You

By John Roney


If you're shopping for mortgage services to refinance or buy a house, I'm sure you've found the process to be complicated and tedious at times. Your home is likely the largest investment you'll make in your lifetime, so it's important to think through your goals and position yourself ahead of time to get the best mortgage deal you can. The following are three tips from a mortgage professional that can help you get the best mortgage solution for your situation and goals.

A mortgage is financing that a person secures for the purpose of purchasing a home. The financing is generally obtained from a bank and an interest is charged on the loan amount. Mortgage is generally paid on a monthly basis. Non-payment of the mortgage amount due to various reasons could lead to foreclosure of the property in question. This depends on the mortgage plan and the foreclosure clause in the contract. Foreclosure refers to the process whereby the homeowner is evicted by the court upon the request of the bank or creditor. Generally, foreclosed properties are put up for public auction.

There are a number of ways through which a help for mortgage program can assist you. For one, through the mortgage loan modification, you have a way of protecting yourself from an embarrassing foreclosure: which would inevitably be the end result of your not keeping up with mortgage payments, if you decided to do nothing about it. Therefore if the financial problem you are facing is temporary, and you are already doing something about it, you can use the mortgage loan modification strategy (like where your month repayments are reduced a bit, with the total mortgage loan repayment period extended) as a way of shoring yourself through the transition period. Indeed, there are even some mortgage lenders who are willing to let you stop paying them for a while (typically a predefined period of time), and then start repaying them at the end of that period. The period in question could be the grace period between your starting a business and your starting to earn profits out of it. The period in question could also be the period between your losing your job and getting another. Upon the end of the period in question, and hopefully the improvement of your financial situation, you can start repaying your mortgage in larger installments or have the mortgage repayment period extended, so as to make up for the 'lost time' in either case.

There are different plans under the government mortgage help plan. This includes Home Affordable Modification Plan, Home Affordable Refinance Plan, and Payment Reduction Plan. The plan that the homeowner chooses depends on the extent of his debts as well as the advice provided by the Making Homes Affordable official website. The helpline is called the HOPE Hotline and homeowners can call and get advice on the type of plans available and on the best option in their given situation. The website also has an eligibility page where the homeowner can check if he falls under the criteria for seeking help.

It is worth noting, of course, that not every mortgage provider will find the idea of mortgage modification agreeable. Yet it doesn't help for you to jump into conclusions before even trying out something. There is no harm, in the event of your finding yourself unable to keep up with your mortgage obligations, to ask your mortgage provider whether a mortgage modification is something they would consider. Chances are that as long as it not totally against their policy, and you can show them how it is in their best interests to modify your mortgage, they will buy your request.




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