Anyone experienced foreclosure of a house before?
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now, what is to happen for me...? i'm so new at these... i hear gov't is doing investigation now to see why ppl got approved for home loans while back.
rumor says gov't might maybe exempt or whatever to the credit issues for ppl like me. that's a dreamy thought.
You are going to rent for a while and your credit scores are going to drop. If you have credit cards your interest rates will probably rise to default levels. Good luck to you while you rebuild your credit.
Depending on the lender, there may be hope yet. Ask your agent if they work with a "short sale negotiator". If not, see if they are open to the idea of hiring one.
These "hired guns" are people who are expert in negotiating short sales and making the bank understand that they are going to lose even more money if they turn down the short sale (its costs banks money to carry homes on their books). It costs a bank to procecess the foreclosure - this includes legal costs, home maintenance costs, winterizing (in cold weather states), lawn maintenance, insurance, etc. Also, empty homes are targets for copper thieves, vandals, and drug dealers.
You might also want to contact a HUD conselor for help. To find a HUD (Housing and Urban Development) counselor: http://www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/h...
HUD has lots of good information on their website about foreclosures: http://www.hud.gov/foreclosure/index.cfm...
Good luck - I hope that helps!
Unfortunately there is not much you can do. Your agent is correct, bank will suffer more. Not sure why banks turn down offers quickly.
If you own more on your mortgage than on your property, you cannot sell it due to agents not making any money.
You can try to find an investor who is willing to negotiate with the bank to take the loan. The bad side is that investors tend to low ball the bank so low that deal is off most of the time.
Here is the problem: If you own 100,000 on your loan amount and bank eventually sells your property for let's say 80,000 there is a difference of 20,000. That means that even though you have no more house, foreclosure on your credit report, you still own 20K to the lender and believe or not in 1-3 years they will send you 1099 for this.
In foreclosure situations I advice you to seek help from loss mitigation specialists who can help you with this.
As for the gov't helping borrowers with situation like yours, there will be not much help. I believe they will extend your loan from let's say 30 years to 40 or 50 year loan.
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