For many the industry isn’t getting better at solving their problems. Hopefully, at least for those finding themselves experiencing a long bout with unemployment, they will find a little relief coming from at least one of the GSEs Freddie Mac. In an announcement FHLMC stated that they would be extending their previous Forbearance plans...
Would you think that they would let the homeowner’s get off easily for that long? Well it seems that Fannie is back at it again. This time at Bank of America with a whole slue of new hoops for the very tax payers keeping their doors open. In this case it seems their latest...
Starting last month CitiMortgage, a CitiGroup company, is one of the few lenders that allow the homeowners to call in and verbally authorize the lender to speak to their 3rd parties as opposed to having to submit this in writing. Most lenders allow for a 1 time verbal authorization but in many cases it...
The Government’s alphabet soup of mortgage help programs has really set a lot of confusion amongst homeowner’s, agents, and professionals alike with all the programs that they have brought to pass. HAFA, as relatively one of the newer programs, has been met with a large bit of confusion as to the terms to be...
Fannie Mae is always on the look out, like any servicer, for the best solutions that in the long run lose them the least amount of money. Commercial owners and owners of investment properties rarely see the benefits of these programs. Since October of 2009, a little more than a year ago this date,...
PNC Bank, not to be confused with PNC Mortgage (as if it wasn’t hard enough to already deal with them), has a work flow for dealing with their short sales just like anyone else. It is always important to deal with the right people, at the right time, and and ask the right questions...
Chase is seemingly not hurting these days as the recovery department is on a set course to collect a minimum of 70% for a full release of the deficiency balance to be released. Now to anyone paying 70K on a 100K debt is a savings of 30K (which by the way the IRS does...
Many different acronyms get thrown around frequently in the business world. The banking world being one of the largest cogs in private sector it is no wonder confronting your mortgage company and getting a clear understanding of what they are trying to say or who you should be dealing with is so crucial. Now...
BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP., or Bank of America, wants you to know what all those auto responders mean. In a recent email sent out on August 17, 2010, BAC sent a message about the changes that had taken place over a month ago on July 15th to their partner’s website (Equator.com). It goes into explaining...
In a business where it can really help to know people in high places Wachovia has proven to be no different than the rest. Where in many cases homeowner’s find it difficult to manage through the process loan modification process, with the now Wells Fargo owned company, it looks like there is some light at the...