Even though many individuals are familiar with bankruptcy in general, few are aware of the differences between a Chapter 7 and a Chapter 13. First, a Chapter 7 bankruptcy is considered a liquidation of assets. A Chapter 13 is a reorganization of debts for an individual with regular income. In Chapter 7, most unsecured...
Many people call a Chapter 13 filed on the dawn of a foreclosure sale an emergency Chapter 13. However, it would be more accurate to call it an incomplete Chapter 13. An emergency Chapter 13 Bankruptcy is often done in order to stop the sale of a property at the very last minute. Sometimes, when...
As of July 13th 2011 Bank of America received a new guidelines (or in the business it is called a directive) from our old pal Fannie Mae(FNMA). In this new guideline change they are requiring homeowners that look to go through the HAFA program to actually jump through several new hoops. One of those...
Bank of America in an effort to close more deals has designated a company, Default Servicing LLC., since September to begin contacting homeowners that were pre-qualified for the short sale process. Their new program, shrouded in part due to secrecy of how to qualify, has been initiated and Default Servicing, LLC has begun making...
Many of our customer’s frequently get calls through out the day and complain that they never stop. Often even while a review continues on their accounts the lender will still continue to call, along with their collection activity (calls, letters, late charges, etc.) including sending the files to foreclosure until there is a set...
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...
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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...