Not exact matches
But when housing values tumbled, many lenders
froze those home
equity lines of
credit, still requiring the balance used by homeowners to be repaid.
The Home
Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM or «Heck - um»)
line of
credit is the one
credit line that can never be
frozen or closed while the borrower still has a remaining balance left on it.
In 2008 major home
equity lenders including Bank of America, Countrywide Financial, Citigroup, JP Morgan Chase, National City Mortgage, Washington Mutual and Wells Fargo began informing borrowers that their home
equity lines of
credit had been
frozen, reduced, suspended, rescinded or restricted in some other manner.
Most home
equity credit lines bear the stipulation that the creditor can
freeze your
line under situations that are outlined in Regulation Z, under the Federal Reserve Board's codes.
This time around my emergency fund got
frozen * inside my Home
equity line of
credit, basically leaving me with zero now.
Therefore, it is imperative that the marital assets,
credit card bills, and home
equity lines of
credit be
frozen during the separation period.
Tapping some home
equity is another way to avoid taking retirement income from stock funds, but traditional home
equity lines of
credit can be
frozen in certain market conditions.