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Loan modification with an Attorney can help If you are behind in your mortgage payments or have received a notice of default (NOD). You do not have to file bankruptcy to avoid foreclosure if you can’t afford your lenders demand for reinstating the loan. We have stopped foreclosure with a loan modification the day before the sale date on several occasions.
Recently we had a client who was declined on two different occasions for a loan modification, once on her own and once with a loan modification company that was unsuccessful. After arguing back and forth with the lender and the threat on filing bankruptcy we were able to get a loan modification that saved our client from foreclosure. The loan was serviced by Home EQ and we are happy to announce they agreed to slash the interest rate from 8.25% to 4.00% fixed for five years. They originally insisted on $12,000 to reinstate the loan but that was impossible for our client.
After negotiating up to the day before the sale Home EQ accepted $5,000 to reinstate the loan and forgave the difference. This would be literally impossible to do on your own as the lender is collecting a secured debt. Does it help that the home loan was 100% LTV? Not really when the lender considers the loan non-performing after a notice of default is sent and the home is in foreclosure.
In addition, a threat of chapter 13 to a lender holding a 2nd mortgage on a home and only seeing a nickel on a dollar may be enough to get them to forgive a large portion of the balance as well. Lenders will do whatever they can to collect a secured debt and foreclose on a property. We believe going BK is the last resort; however we are capable of filing bankruptcy to stop the foreclosure process when found necessary. |
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