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Senin, 23 April 2012

A New Solution on the Housing Market - The Equity Modification

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Unfortunately, in recent years due to the situation in the housing market in the USA, more and more homeowners are facing crucial problems with making their monthly mortgage payments and risking to be kicked out of their homes. One of the ways to help homeowners to solve their mortgage problems without having to leave their houses is the equity modification program that has been widely developing since February 2009. During the procedure of the loan modification the lender and the borrower renegotiate their mortgage agreement lowering monthly loan payments and making the loan terms more comfortable for the homeowner. The forms of the loan modification can be different and vary from case to case. Usually the first step is the interest rate reduction; it can be lowered to as low as 2 percent and sometimes even less. The loan term can also be increased considerably.

To apply for a modification, the borrower should satisfy a number of rigid requirements, the most important of them are verified financial difficulties that are caused by such valid reasons as health problems, job loss, loss in income and some others. At the same time, the borrower also has to prove his financial capacity to serve the loan in case it is modified.

To find out whether your loan meets the requirements for a loan modification, you should contact your lender and fill a loan modification application. Next, you will be required to describe in detail your financial situation and prove it by official documents. During the loan modification process you should be ready to do a considerable paper work and prepare a great number of written documents. The lender will inspect the description of all your assets, the information on all sources of the household income (before taxes), the last tax returns, the information about the second mortgage on the house if any, the balances on all your credit cards and debts, the application for the equity modification describing all the reasons that led to your financial hardships and proving the necessity of the loan modification.

In each case of loan modification the lender conducts a special test, also called a modification net value test in order to determine whether it's gainfully to perform a particular loan modification. The lender takes into consideration the expected cash flows that can be received in case of the loan modification (taking into account the new interest rate, the new loan term and other changed essentials). After that, the test compares the resulting sum of these cash inflows to the potential earnings in the case of loan foreclosure. In this instance, the lender should include in the potential costs calculation such expenditures as the costs of home repairs, real estate agent fees, legal fees for sales registration, discounts to sell the house in case of further price decline in real estate market and so on. In the end, if the calculated sum of the potential cash flows after the loan modification exceeds the returns from foreclosure, the lender gets profit from restructuring the at-risk loan and performing the mortgage modification.

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The West Is the Best: The Booming Housing Market in San Francisco, CA

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While there are still miles to go, the economy is beginning to see its first steps towards recovery in a long time. Neighborhoods and housing markets are reawakening after years of stagnant market activity and inability to sell. San Francisco, CA especially is seeing a huge upswing in the activity of its housing market with homes for sale experiencing relatively short stays on the market, and the lowest mortgage interest rates in years. The San Francisco real estate market is coming back with force and now is a better time than any to look into a house for sale.

Despite the nationwide glut of unsold homes in the housing market, San Francisco is experiencing a high traffic market where homes for sale are being bought up relatively quickly. Studies show that 35% percent of houses for sale accepted offers last month, upwards from a 14% low in the Fall of 2010. The same studies are indicating a high month supply of inventory (MSI) showing that it is on average taking under 3 months to sell off all inventories of a property, with homes for sale accepting an offer after 57 days on the market, on average.

While the truth about the housing market is that the price and MSI is entirely dependent on the home's unique case (model, neighborhood, amenities, etc.), San Francisco neighborhoods all seem to be experiencing a spike in their real estate markets. Especially in areas where high tech employment is available, such as the greater South of Market area, the housing market is especially beginning to gain momentum with an MSI of 1.6 last month. All models and makes of homes are being sold as well, with the most popular being contemporary designed condos and traditionally designed houses.

Finally, what is really setting the Bay Area market apart is its low average mortgage interest rate. San Francisco is experiencing a huge drop in the mortgage interest rate, at 3.88% in January, far below the national average of 4.3%. To put more perspective on this, the average mortgage interest rate in 1981 for San Francisco was 18.45%, making this the best time in almost twenty years to buy a home.

With the homes for sale market booming and the economy beginning to look optimistic, now is the best time to seek out a real estate agent in the San Francisco area and secure your place with a high value home in a growing neighborhood.


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