There is no feeling quite as bad as realizing that you can not make the monthly payments to keep food and shelter. It can be even more upsetting when you have a family that you are supporting as well. There are several things that you can do when you run into financial trouble to help keep your mortgage from going to foreclosure.
Tips for Avoiding Foreclosure
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1. Contact your lender as soon as you see trouble in the future. The sooner that you begin working with the lender then the more likely there will be a solution available for your situation.
2. Ask about Real Estate Assistance Packages. The trouble in the lending and real estate markets has causes many companies to create packages to help customers deal with financial difficulties.
3. Ask about a temporary waiver. If you know that your trouble is temporary then you may want to get your lender to put off payments for a couple of months.
4. Cut other expenses. Start getting rid of all those payments (extra cars, entertainment or special classes) that are cutting into your budget. Remember that you can always come back to those when your finances return to a healthy place.
The key to avoiding foreclosure is to deal with trouble as soon as you become aware of its potential. Waiting until you are already behind on your payments will make it more difficult for you to find a solution that will work.
May 22nd, 2009 at 10:02 am
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May 22nd, 2009 at 1:03 pm
We’ve been down this road before. It is to the lenders benefit to place you on hold until you start missing payments while journalist say, “They’re busy. Keep trying.” In the mean time they’ve already review your file.
1st question. Did we fraud this client. If so ignore them until the last minute. With too many missed payments, they’ll have to foreclose!
2nd question. If they come close to modifying, buy time so we can add late fees and missed payments to back of loan. By the time they figure it out they’ll have modified into nothing and it’ll be too late.
Why not try being in a foreclosure before preaching about one.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Beingreal- I admit that we have never made it to foreclosure, but we have had three times in our lives where our finances took a significant turn down. All three times our lenders were more than willing to work with us. I have NEVER had a lender try to make things move to foreclosure. And all of those that I have spoken with in the finance industry express a desire to have homeowners come to them BEFORE it goes that far.
I am sorry that you have had trouble in the past but I feel from all of my own experience and from my research that those lenders that are trying to make money off the late fees are the exception and not the rule.
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