Home Loan Forbearance to Stop Foreclosure

By Sara Jones

If you are behind in your home loan payments or at risk of foreclosure their are a few relief options you could be eligible for including home loan refinance, mortgage modification, repayment plans, reinstatement, or forbearance.

Currently the housing market is depressed and many home owners are having a very tough time maintaining regular payments. Some mortgage holders are also experiencing interest rate or payment increases making it even more difficult to make payments.

Lenders around the country are recognizing the many problems borrowers are experiencing and have begun offering relief programs. The dramatic increase in mortgage defaults is bad for lenders as well as borrowers, so in response lenders are often willing to amend mortgage contracts to help borrowers who may be at risk of foreclosure. Mortgage Refinance and loan modification are the two main programs used to modify the terms of a home loan agreement.

Mortgage refinance is when a borrower takes out a new home loan with improved conditions and utilizes the proceeds to repay the current loan. Depending on the value in your property this could be an option.

Amending one or several aspects of an existing agreement is called loan or mortgage modification. Modification maintains the original loan terms with specific changes, usually lower payments are reduced penalty fees which can make it easier for home owners to afford.

You can also find plans which are intended to help home owners who have ceased making payments to get current with no late fees. These options preserve the existing mortgage contract but alter it for a short time to accommodate financial hardship and are repayment plans, reinstatement, and forbearance.

Home loan repayment plans are a good option if you are behind on your payments but able and willing to make it up. Repayment plans consist of special arrangements with lenders to pay them all past due payments within a fixed time, in return late fees are lowered or even dropped entirely.

If a mortgage company lets a delinquent home owner to pay back the total owed amount in one lump sum it is termed mortgage reinstatement. This can be used in combination with forbearance if a mortgage holder can show the mortgage company that they will soon receive a substantial payment often this is a employment bonus or cash of a sale. - 29969

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