Lenders are known for not playing by the rules. In many cases their underhanded tactics used to collect from consumers have become against the law with the passing of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) of 1966. The FDCPA is a federal law which governs the guidelines that debt collectors for personal debts...
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Bankruptcy: Can I still owe money to the IRS if my Chapter 7 Bankruptcy has been discharged?
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Chase Recovery Department: Out for Blood? Well anything they can get at least.
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...
MHA:What is the HAMP review? Frequently Asked Questions.
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...
HAMP: New Changes to Investor Income Valuation, Government reviews and has found clarity.
In an odd turn of events HAMPs guidelines have changed possibly this time for the better. Changes have recently taken place to help try and bring that 18% of successful workouts up a little and this time it’s including Investors. Now before you jump for joy they are not expanding this to include investor...
Service Link Loss Mitigation Services to start Charging a 1% fee for completing short sales
So as if it wasn’t already tough enough to get your mortgage lender on board with your short sale now they are charging you to approve it! Buyers, agents, homeowners, etc. already have enough trouble on a day to day basis processing short sales but now Service Link Loss Mitigation Services a division of...
MHA: Frequently Asked Questions on HAMP and HARP
It’s no surprise with the loose lending that went on the government allowed unsupervised for so many years, enough to cause an economic crisis almost as bad as the great depression, that they be forced to come up with some sort of solution for it. After seemingly enslaving a large percentage of the homeowners strapped now to...
Bank of America: BAC Loan Servicing Customer Portal Instructions
How do I complete my portion of the short sale gets asked a lot by homeowner who are having trouble moving forward on their short sales. There are many reasons for hang ups but one of the number one reasons is the incomplete filling out of the Customer Portal. There is a need to convert documents...
News: 1 in 4 mortgages ‘underwater’
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...