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...
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,...
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...
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...
Where many are taking it upon themselves to make things worse it is nice to see that at least one servicer isn’t. Litton Loan Servicing, though known for it’s terrible loan modification process, is at least taking a few steps in the right direction. The government’s HAFA program put out by the Treasury and...
Needless to say CalHFA’s review of loan modification is weak and at best they don’t even look to see if you have your basic requirements for living are met. Many times you will find that they will go through multiple level’s of management prior to actually making approvals on loan modifications, same goes as well for...
Recently GSE Fannie Mae rolled out new guidelines guiding the servicers on how to manage its portfolio. Stating that it wants its borrowers, if they are in an active foreclosure and if they have a sale date within 14 days, the only acceptable remedy to stop foreclosure is to fully reinstate the defaulted loan. Until further...
We find that our clients are really frequently asking these days with the HAMP and HAFA programs (Obama Modification Program or Making Homes Affordable Program) the question that seems to be on everyone’s mind and that is what is this 4506t? Traditionally the 4506t is used be loan officers and submitted to mortgage lenders...
Walking away from your mortgage in most states seems like the worst thing that you can do. Well in many cases it is. With short sales on the rise and agents finding themselves with even less time on their hands they are finding that hiring 3rd party negotiation firms are the way of the...