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by phillenbrand on July 10, 2009

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What is a Home Loan Modification?

Mortgage modification is where your current mortgage lender agrees to change the terms of your current home loan so that you may afford to service the monthly payments and avoid foreclosure.  Generally the mortage provider will lower the interest rate and change the length of your repayment.

One of the most frequent questions we encounter is from people wanting to know how they can modify their mortgage with a loan modification from their current home loan provider. These folks are usually in adjustable rate mortgages that have exploded, leading to monstrous mortgage payments that have gone delinquent. The process of loan modification is not easy but worthwhile!  It takes some gumption, resolve and a bit of salesmanship to get the job done. But if you get your loan mod done you’ll usually receive a new fixed loan at a competitive rate.

 

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A Word of Caution when Modifying Your Mortgage

Be very careful if you choose to use a loan modification company that takes a fee up front to negotiate your loan modification for you. They cannot guarantee a successful modification and can end up costing you another month’s mortgage payment in exchange for false hope. The best of these companies have done the modification countless times and will actually try to help you in earnest without guarantee. The worst are scams that take your money with a cursory attempt to help you (if any).

We have found that Foreclosure Fighter offers useful advice that achieves a high loan mod success rate and we therefore recommend you visit their site.

Do It Yourself Loan Modification – A DYI Guide

We are big fans of Do it Your Self  Home Loan Modifications. And  we currently believe that the down to earth ebook entitled The Mortgage Relief Formula is the most useful resources currently available on the subject . This book walks you through how to modify your loan on your own – saving costs and headaches of false promises of loan modification companies. This book is wide ranging and covers everything from loan modifications to dealing with debt collectors to short selling your home in 9 days. Even if we receive a small commission for recommending it this ebook we are confident that if you are in a situation where you are looking to modify your home loan or short sale your home you will be happy you have read this book.

Below you can see a sample of the type of loan modification information you’ll find in Mortgage Relief Formula. If you find the sample video below interesting we are confident you’ll really appreciate the loan modification course and book.

We recommend that you check out the full information on Richard Geller’s Home Loan modification insights.

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Loan Modifications Scrutinized, 1340 Loan Modifications Investigated in California

by Andrew on November 5, 2009

The numbers of loan modifications, foreclosures and bankruptcies we are dealing with in this credit crisis are so large they are too often hard to understand and digest. A good solution is often to downsize and see if more sense can be put into smaller models. A good model for the United States is California, the fourth economy in the world and one of the hardest hit states in the United States credit crisis. House prices have free fallen but mortgages remain the same. This has eaten up most of people’s equity leaving  homeowners owing more on their homes than they are worth. Not exactly an incentive to pay your mortgage.

The sad thing is that while only 16% of eligible homeowners have received a trial loan and the vast majority of troubled homeowners are desperately trying to save their homes unscrupulous people try their best to make a profit from other people´s misery.

This is illustrated by the 1,340 open investigations into loan modification scams while last year there were only 10 in August 2008. It is quite depressing that people are willing to make a business from robbing borrowers from their last reserves of relocation cash.

This growth in loan modification investigations has caused 330 desist and refrain orders just in the past year, up from the average 80 to 100 orders last year. As depressing and upsetting as these numbers are it is not surprising that when 225,000 homes foreclosed in the State of California last year budding entrepreneurs with varying sense of morals and business ethics show their ugly faces.

For many of these scam artists, orders of desist and refrain are simply an inconvenience that they must endure in order to do business. Current economy projections estimate this situation will continue for at least 2 years, time during which homeowners will continue to be victimized.

One of the reasons for this is that real estate agents are struggling to find work and many are reinventing their career by offering loan modification services. Last year 185,000 people took the real estate licence exams in California alone while this year 25,000 are projected to apply. That is still one real estate agent for every 54 adults in California. Such a concentration of real estate agents is bound to create a pretty competitive work environment where agents are willing to bend and break rules.

The good news is that states like California are projected to make a comeback soon. In fact estimates predict that Orange County houses will increase in value by 9.5% by next year.

The only solution when the economic atmosphere is so charged and there are such an abundance of con artists is to get smart and learn how to avoid getting cheated by unscrupulous loan modification agents.
The best advice is always to contact the government and apply for personalized (and free ) advice on the best course of action for you and your family.

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Loan Modifications, 5 Things the Government Is Not Doing But Should

by AndrewNovember 4, 2009 Loan modification

Mortgage foreclosures are increasing steadily as home values plummet and layoffs are becoming ever more common while homeowners crumble under the weight of mortgages they can no longer afford.
The administration is working hard to increase the number of loan modifications to help out struggling homeowners. However higher unemployment rates are making it hard for homeowners [...]

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Loan Modifications, Servicers and Who Is Profiting From the Credit Crisis

by AndrewNovember 4, 2009 Loan modification

The news is full of loan modification horror stories describing how homeowners have struggled for months with lost documents, changing standards, unreasonable loan modification agents and the slow tides of bureaucracy. Bad news does always seem to travel faster and further so you don’t hear half as much about the hundreds of thousands of loans [...]

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Disappointed Homeowners Torture Loan Modification Agents

by AndrewOctober 31, 2009 Loan modification

Loan Modifications have become loaded words politically and economically and as things get worse they get much more personal. Nationwide efforts have been made to educate homeowners in their search for the right loan modification for their home before they fall into foreclosure. Unfortunately only a small percentage 16% to around 25% of eligible homeowners [...]

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Loan Modification Fantasy League, How Bad Did Your Bank Do

by AndrewOctober 29, 2009 Loan modification

As part of the Obama’s administration Making Home Affordable Program (HAMP) name and shame (or praise) initiative, every month a list of banks and mortgage providers is issued. The good banks are praised the bad ones are marked. The idea is to provide an extra incentive for providers to speed up their loan modification procedures.
September’s [...]

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Obamas Loan Modification Success Explained

by AndrewOctober 27, 2009 Loan modification

Last Thursday the big news was Obama’s Loan Modification program, Making Home Affordable. The first target the program set out for itself, reaching 500,000 trial loan modifications by November was reached nearly a month early.
Critics stated that the target was of little importance in the big picture of things with foreclosures continuing to affect more [...]

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Loan Modifications For Borrowers With Two Homes What Are The Options

by AndrewOctober 25, 2009 Loan modification

Loan Modifications are a very emotionally charged issue. If you are a homeowner in trouble and want information on your chances of getting a much needed loan modification it can be a nightmare to get the right information for your specific situation. You have probable heard about the many scam artists ready to take advantage [...]

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Loan Modifications And Balloon Payments What Is The Cost

by AndrewOctober 23, 2009 Loan modification

Reading the news for the last two weeks you would either think the government has the credit crisis in control after hitting its 500,000 trial loan modifications or that there is no hope after seeing the rise in prime mortgage foreclosures and the rise in unemployment.
The truth is that nobody really knows what is going [...]

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Loan Modifications, Story Of Struggle For Banks And Borrowers Alike

by AndrewOctober 21, 2009 Loan modification

If you have been watching the business or economy sections of newspapers, news or blogs you will have got your fair share of loan modification horror stories. At the same time banks are increasing their capacity for loan modifications and seem to be keeping up with government targets, at least for now. So who is [...]

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