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Avoid Foreclosure by Using a Loan Modification Home Saving Program

Submitted By: Paul Chavez

Loan Modification Home Saver Program - How to Avoid a Foreclosure Situation
In todays tough financial woes,there are millions of needy families across the USA.S. facing the imminent prospect of foreclosure who are not aware that a loan modification is available to save their homes. These are often called negative amortizaion loans, option arms or 5-year interest only programs. These loan programs are infamously known as ARM's or Adjustable Rate Mortgages. They are "fixed" for a specified number of years then become "adjustable" once the fixed period has transpired.
Many of these borrower's often opted for an interest only ARM so that they can pay the smallest possible payment that they could afford. Many simply could not qualify for a full document loan because they could not make a down payment. (paystubs, tax returns, etc.) for the expensive homes that they were purchasing. So along came the Stated Income loan (does not require income documentation, based primarily on credit scores) 100% financing is also included. Most of these loans were originated before the "mortgage meltdown" crisis we are facing today. Borrowers as well as lenders were "banking" on the continuation of double digit skyrocketing home values in many parts of the nation.
Now that the real estate bubble has burst, more than two million Americans are being forced to sell their homes or deal with foreclosure. Many of these homeowners found themselves "upside down" on their homes (owing more than what the home is worth), due to the plummeting home values in many parts of the country. Adding insult to injury, many of these same people invested thousands of dollars in their homes from new pools, marble floors, granite counters and more, with no intention of being foreclosed upon because their ARM has expired and they have little or no equity and cannot refinance. When given the option or selling their home or being able to renegotiate their current loan, keep the payments affordable and convert to a fixed rate mortgage - most borrowers ultimately choose to keep their home.
One of the best options to accomplish this is with a Loan Modification. A loan modification is when the lender modifies your current mortgage in order to work with you because of a hardship. The purpose is to help make your loan more affordable. Usually it is in the form of a rate reduction and conversion of an ARM (2/28, 3/37, Neg Am) to a fixed loan, typically a 30 year fixed.
In past years if a true hardship was apparent (a job loss, divorce, illness etc.) then a borrow could use this.
Now, borrowers can obtain mortgage help from their lender for unaffordable rate adjustments on adjustable rate mortgages.
Most borrowers have tried to compromise with thier lenders, often getting nowhere. Sadly, your chance for approval is less than ten percent Even when borrowers can get approvel to adjust and change aspects of their loan most borrowers will not get the same result. Be aware that lenders are not going to direct you or help you with what they want or are looking for. If you don't get it precisely correct they will refuse your application for a loan modification.
Borrowers are better off to hire a loan firm that caters to out-of-court settlements of Mortgage Forclosures by haggling with your lender.

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Paul Chavez is a California licensed Real Estate Broker with over 10 years of experience specializing in out-of-court resolutions of Mortgage Foreclosures by negotiating with your lender allowing families to stay in their homes with lower payments. Modify your loan today. A no cost consultation is available with no further obligation. Call on our experts to show you how to save your home. We are ready to meet your foreclosure needs. Visit us at: www.candacapital.com/Loan_20_Modification_20_Services.html

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