Reaffirmation agreements do not improve your credit score, are usually always made in favor of the creditors, are not required by law, do not guarantee you will pay for the loan, and the debts covered by them can not be discharged in bankruptcy.
Not exact matches
You
do not sign the
reaffirmation agreement to own the house.
It bears repeating: YOU
DO NOT HAVE TO SIGN A
REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT TO KEEP YOUR HOUSE.
The reason that we tend not to see
reaffirmation agreements on home mortgages has to
do with Minnesota's status as a non-recourse state.
Unlike car loans, in which
reaffirmation agreements are offered without fail, some lenders don't propose
reaffirmation agreements.
But that person - the client who
does not sign a
reaffirmation agreement - only has one car payment.
That's the problem with signing
reaffirmation agreements: there's a possibility that by
doing so, clients will be creating extremely expensive obligations for something that almost every adult needs: a functional car.
And since filing a bankruptcy case, or filing to sign a
reaffirmation agreement following the filing of a bankruptcy case is not grounds for a mortgage lender to start a foreclosure, the non-signing client really doesn't face the same risks that a non-signing client
does with a car loan.
So the bankruptcy discharge that would otherwise eliminate the debtor's personal liability on a mortgage loan or car loan
does not apply to the secured debt that is the subject of the
reaffirmation agreement.
Signing a
reaffirmation agreement should not be
done as a routine matter.
If you intend on surrendering your car,
do not sign a
reaffirmation agreement.
On the other hand, if you signed a
reaffirmation agreement without the knowledge of your lawyer and the bankruptcy court and the items were actually discharged, you may have a legal case that you
do not have pay the creditor.