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California Refinance Your Freddie Mac Loan

June 14th, 2009

Attention California Homeowners-The Government’s Freddie Mac Relief Refinance Mortgage rules:

The governmenst main objective is to assit borrowers of Freddie Mac guaranteed, insured home loans, to keep their homes affordable and reduce foreclosures by keeping payments affordable. Under Freddie Mac’s Home Affordable Refinance program, known as the Relief Refinance Mortgage, the program may be used to reduce the borrower’s loan interest rate, shorten the loan term repayment period or replace an adjustable-rate mortgage, interest-only mortgage or balloon/reset mortgage with a fixed-rate loan.

How to qualify for the new refinance program, first the borrower must have an existing mortgage that is owned or guaranteed by Freddie Mac. To find out whether Freddie Mac owns or guarantees your loan, call (800) 373-3343, call your loan servicer or search for your loan on Freddie Mac’s Web site at Freddie Mac.org.

You should contact your original lender or loan servicer to apply for this program.

The property may be a vacation/second home if the existing mortgage was originated as a second-home loan or the borrower now occupies the home as a principal residence.

The new Freddie Mac Refinance mortgage can be a 15-, 20- or 30-year, fixed-rate loan or an adjustable-rate mortgage  with an initial term of five, seven or 10 years. The loan must be fully amortizing (i.e., not an interest-only or payment-option loan).

If you have an existing fixed-rate mortgage, than the lender can not refinance with an ” ARM”  Adjustable Rate Mortgage.

The loan, may be a so-called “super-conforming” loan limit within the applicable loan limit for the area.

The property may be an investment property if the existing mortgage was originated as an investment property or the borrower now occupies the home as a principal residence.
 
If the original loan is covered by mortgage insurance, the insurer must agree to transfer the insurance to the new loan.

The new loan cannot be used to make a payment on or pay off a second loan.

Lenders are encouraged to use Freddie Mac’s automated valuation model, or AVM, to estimate the property’s current market value. Borrowers should ask whether a new appraisal will be required.

The borrower may be able to finance transaction costs of up to $2,500.
Borrowers whose monthly payment increases 20 percent or more must provide income and employment documentation and have an acceptable credit score and debt-to-income ratio to demonstrate they can afford the new higher payment.

If your loan does not meet these qualifications and you can not qualify for a typical refinance program,  You may want to consider modifying your home loan with a loan modification Ca mortgage program.  This will allow you to lower your monthly mortgage payments, lower your current interest rate on your mortgage, or possibly reduce the principal balance of your home loan mortgage.

More information can be obtained at the Freddie Mae web site or at the Home affordable modification webs site.

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How A Loan Modification Ca Agreement Can Help You

April 26th, 2009

How Can A Loan Modification Ca Agreement Help You?

 

Can a loan modification Ca agreement protect your home from impending foreclosure? The answer is yes, it can. A loan modification takes place when a lender accepts to alter the terms and conditions of your existing loan. The idea is to make the payments reasonable for you so that you can pay off the loan with ease.

 

Loan modification programs are now being provided by numerous lenders and financial service providers to assist people who are facing foreclosure or experiencing difficulties to get even with their mortgage payments. As a consequence of the present economic scenario, increasing numbers of people are being compelled to search for a means so that they can prevent losing their homes.

 

A loan modification agreement is not the same as a forbearance agreement. A loan modification Ca agreement works as a solution for borrowers who would not have the capacity to pay off their current loans whereas a forbearance agreement offers relief to the borrowers to solve their short-term financial difficulties.

 

Federal loan modification programs rework the terms and conditions of your existing mortgage in such a way that it enables you to make reasonable mortgage payments and live in your home. If you became unemployed for a limited period of time, then these programs might incorporate summing up your missed payments at the end of your loan term. 

 

A reduced interest rate is another type of loan modification. Some years back, a number of activities in the mortgage market were not entirely considered as principled and if you had fallen prey to any of them, you might have a more than usual interest rate. In such a situation, the loan can be adjusted to incorporate a reduced interest rate and as a consequence, a reduced payment.

 

One more popular type of loan modification Ca program is switching the form of loan that you have. When you have an adjustable rate mortgage, the loan modification company might permit you to switch your existing loan to a fixed rate mortgage. Most probably, you would have reduced payments and the amount of payment would be equal every month and would not vary according to the prime rate.

 

When you have the risk of losing your home, there are options to prevent foreclosure. You should not hang around searching for a solution to avoid foreclosure and instead go for loan modification.

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