Senate Majority Leader Corbett came through for many homeowners in a tight pinch. Those that were worried about completing a short sale while still having a second mortgage that could come after them years later, commonly to what everyone refers to as seeking a deficiency, was not a settling thought for many sellers who...
In setting a new president starting today Aurora will not longer allow its loss mitigation (loan modification and short sale representatives) to message their processing department representatives. Due to the high volume they are being instructed to only transfer you to their voice mail and/or document the account that you called. They too along...
Wells Fargo has a long standing reputation to upkeep of being the fuddy duddy of the Loss Mitigation industry. I am sure that if they could convince people to submit their short sale and loan modification packages via the old horse drawn cart they would. Well in an unprecedented leap into the 20th century,...
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...
Something that many people lose sight of is the fact that you have to qualify around the HAMP guidelines which is what causes them to disqualify from HAMP or become qualified for the HAFA program. Not everyone qualifies for HAFA. For everyone there are many things that can make a difference of why they may...
This is often a question that we receive from our clients and the Agents we work with. Really, it’s hard to say because it all depends on whether the lender is going to counter back again on any of the terms. Until the offer is submitted to the investor anything may still happen and...
In an effort to help defaulting homeowners Wells Fargo is offering their own version of FHA’s Partial Claim Program. This version varies in several ways but is aimed at what Wells Fargo is referring to as a “Principal Forbearance”. Now this is not like the Principal Reductions everyone is speaking about these days or...
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...
Many times these programs that we deal with for our clients change for the better but there are also certain times that they change for the worse. I guess only adding insult to injury is that fact that it is our own government, supported by our tax dollars, making life just a little bit...
Recently in conversations with a negotiator in the Freddie Mac department at Ocwen Mortgage we had an in depth conversation leading us to final result of having a full understanding of their break down paid to Jr. Lien holders. Frequently, lenders in specific, have what they call a “Martix”. The Matrix we are referring...