mortgage modification

Home Mortgage First Aid Kit

09/10/12

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If your home isn’t the refuge that storybooks say because of mortgage troubles, don’t give up.

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Stripping a second mortgage

08/15/12

Due to the decline in home values over the last few years, many people now find themselves with mortgage balances on their homes that exceed the value of their home. Many homeowners are underwater on their homes because of a second mortgage. Bankruptcy can provide relief to those people by stripping second mortgages provided certain [...]

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Show Me the Note !

07/26/12

The Chapter 13 Trustee for the Middle District of Tennessee (Nashville) is being sued by Bank of America for forcing the mortgage company to produce the underlying note to mortgages, or face being treated as an unsecured creditor in the bankruptcy pot or plan. Nashville Business Journal has the story here. This case will be interesting [...]

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The Frustrating Saga of Loan Modifications

03/05/12

By: Aaron Huff Over the last few years, a new buzz term has enterred the vocabulary of our troubled economy.  Loan Modification.  The mortgage creditors make it sound so easy.  The President and Congress make it a talking point as if it were a “fix” for our housing and mortgage crisis.  But is it anything [...]

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