Watching your neighbor with the three cars, RV, and boat get a mortgage bailout and a lower rate–while you keep paying more–is tough. You’d like to refinance to a better rate, but your home value is down and there’s no equity for refinancing. And there’s your irresponsible buddy down the street, seemingly being rewarded for his spendthrift behavior. You can’t beat him–should you stop making your mortgage payments and join him? Continue reading ‘Should You Skip Mortgage Payments to Get a Better Deal?’
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While lenders have come under fire for not doing enough to help borrowers remain in their homes, it looks as though those who have tried are meeting with surprisingly high failure rates. An Office of Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) report shows that mortgages which were modified by the lender (actual terms changed to lower payments, rates, and / or balances) to make the payments possible continue to fail. Continue reading ‘Modifications Malfunction: Surprising Failure of Foreclosure Prevention’
