This has been the most common question I get for a long time, so I will periodically post on the possible answers. If you are current, and can afford to continue paying, there is really no bankruptcy alternative. You can stop paying, the so-called “strategic default“. Unfortunately, there is no accurate prediction as to what…
Tag Archive: mortgage companies
More Michigan Bankruptcy And Foreclosure News
The bailout cost for the “too big to fail” banks and mortgage companies has not even peaked. Taxpayers, like Joe Inhoch, our new fictional blog character, are on the hook hundreds of billions more, counting only the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans that go south. Our politicians already already bailed out those companies, with Joe’s…
Keep My Home, At What Cost?
It is crunch time. Your income is down, your expenses are not. Your 401(k) is tapped out. Maybe you already filed bankruptcy, or your case is still pending. You are emotionally invested in your home, even if it looks like the foreclosed Detroit home in the picture. All of us homeowners are. Maybe we inherited…
Scams On Saving Your House From Foreclosure
Desperate homeowners facing foreclosure can be easy targets for con artists. They steer their victims away from bankruptcy attorneys: “Don’t ruin your credit!” Just like: “Contact us for free information about the secret the credit card companies don’t want you to know about!” Makes my blood boil. What sounds too good to be true, well,…
Foreclosure In Michigan
Foreclosure is the legal process for mortgage companies taking your house. It is much in the news these days, with mortgage companies being questioned on the legal documents they produce in courts, in cases of judicial foreclosure. Mortgage simply means: debt secured by real estate; pledging your home as collateral, or security, for a loan….
What Can You Do To Save Your Home From Foreclosure?
The housing market gets worse, more foreclosures happening, and more foreclosures coming. Household wealth declines, another predictor of increased bankruptcy filings to come. Even the rich and famous are joining in, word is Mel Gibson facing foreclosure on his Malibu, California properties. People are waiting for loan modifications to save their home are forced into…
Avoid Foreclosure With Non-Bankruptcy Cramdown?
Is your home worth less than what you owe on the mortgage, or mortgages? That is called: underwater. This encourages people to stop paying and let mortgage foreclosure happen, even if they can afford the payments. In Michigan now, for homes that have a mortgage more than half are underwater. Tune I have been singing…
Update-Chapter 13 Bankruptcy Reform
Bill passes House Judiciary Committee, you can read it here. What is now happening in Detroit, Michigan, is that foreclosed homes are being given away by New Century, which sold 60 homes for $60.00. That is right, 1$ per home. Someone studied the records, came in and said I will take them off your hands….
Mortgage Modifications Failing
The voluntary mortgage modifications announced with much fanfare by various mortgage companies are failing, according to paper by Alan M. White of Valpairaso Law School. Not only are most borrowers unable to make the required payments, many end up owing more than before the modification agreement.
