HAMP and Other Foreclosure Options
The government’s Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) is available to help you avoid foreclosure, but to apply, you must meet certain criteria. To find out if you meet the criteria, you can take the online test on the HAMP website.
You will be asked the following 5 questions to help determine HAMP eligibility:
- Is your home your primary residence?
- Is the amount you owe on your fist lien mortgage no more than $729,750?
- Are you having trouble paying your mortgage?
- Did you obtain your mortgage before January 1, 2009?
Affordable Mortgages Under HAMP
If you have officially received approval for a loan modification under the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP), your loan servicer will make sure that your new monthly mortgage payment is no more than 31% of your monthly income.
The strategies used to lower your mortgage payment under HAMP include the following:
- Reduction of your interest rate – a rate as low as 2% is a possibility. In return for the low rate, the U.S. Treasury Department extends financial incentives to your loan provider. This doesn’t mean that everyone who qualifies for a HAMP loan modification will get 2% interest rates. If a 5% rate is sufficient to lower you mortgage to an affordable payment, then a 2% rate would not be necessary.
Falling behind on your FHA mortgage? Help may be on the way
Falling behind on your FHA mortgage? Help may be on the way
by : Joe Sloboda, Burgess Law Firm
Across America millions of homeowners are trying to get their mortgages modified, many times these people are told that they need to “fall behind” or to be late on their payments before their lender will even consider talking to them about a loan modification. Let me first say that while it is true, many lenders are acting more quickly to help those homeowners who are at risk of foreclosure, it is NOT necessary for a homeowner to be late on payments in order to get assistance. 
When to Contact a Foreclosure Defense Attorney?
Foreclosure Defense Article:
How does one know when to contact a foreclosure defense attorney?
You know your job is coming to an end. They’ve already announced the layoffs. You only have one month left to get another job, or go on unemployment. If you do take unemployment how much would the monthly amount be? Chances are it won’t be enough to live on. You have exactly two months of mortgage payments socked away in the bank. Will you get another job? Does one panic now, or take a wait and see approach?