My home is worth less than I owe
When Your Home's Value is Less Than the Mortgage
For a variety of reasons the total debt on your home may be more
than what it is worth. Depending on how much you owe you could just wait it out
and the value of your home goes up. Unfortunately, this could take years.
You may already be behind on your mortgage payments and nearing foreclosure. Unexpected
expenses could change the balance and you could potentially lose your home.
Principal Reduction
If you do owe more than your property is currently worth we can help solve this problem.
Usually this happens when you purchase a new
home and builders have inflated the cost of upgrades 50% or more. You may have a home
that you owe twice the current market value.
When a property is upside down and you are facing foreclosure,
you have more leverage to stop foreclosure
then you may
realize. It is our job to force that leverage upon your lender. In doing so, we
are successful in wiping out large portions of your principle.
With a second mortgage we can typically remove 50-80% of the loan.
In today's market, we can also convince the lender of first lien holders to lower the principle
amount to the present market value. (ex: a homeowner owes $600,000 on first but the appraised
value is $500,000. We can convince the lender to lower the loan amount to $500,000.) That is a
$100,000 reduction in principle for you.
Each loan is different and market value varies. We research each property and fight for you.
Interest Rate Reduction & Payment Rate Reduction
Lenders who offered Adjustable Rate Mortgages in order to secure you a loan knew that
the rates would eventually go up. You are now faced with mortgage payments
you can no longer afford.
Our job is to convince the current lender that it is better to lower the your
payment by lowering the interest rate or payment rate
by creating a payment plan
the you can afford, rather than to take the home with a foreclosure sale and lose money on
the re-sale.
The lender knows this and we know this! We use this to your advantage to stop forecosure.
Keep in mind lenders lose money on bank owned properties as it will sell for
less than market value. Plus they must pay a commission to a Realtor and closing cost in addition to
the cost of holding the property while they wait for a sale in a market that is still depreciating.
This technique stops foreclosure
by showing the bank they make more money by allowing
you to keep your home. The bank doesn't want your home. It costs them far more money in the long run. We use
this to your advantage.
We need to prove to the lender what the maximum payment is that you can afford by
creating a financial plan for you that your lender will approve.
It is likely that you are often late with your payments and in foreclosure
or soon to be in foreclosure,
we need to ask the lender to forgive your delinquent payments or put them on the back of the loan.
An interest rate reduction
in most cases is the only possibility for a homeowner to stop foreclosure
and retain their home. Even predatory lenders don't want to lose money.