This temporary law limited exclusion of income for
discharged home mortgage debt for principal homeowners who went through foreclosure, short sale or other mortgage forgiveness.
The exclusion for forgiven
home mortgage debt following a foreclosure, short sale or loan modification should be made permanent to provide relief to troubled borrowers and minimize the damage to families, neighbourhoods and communities.
Unlike the squeeze on
deducting home mortgage debt, which applies only to debt incurred after Dec. 14, 2017, the new law ends the home - equity debt deduction immediately.
After deducting $ 420,000
of home mortgage debt and $ 30,000 she owes on her car, she has net worth of about $ 668,600.
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US home mortgage debt relative to GDP increased from an average of 46 % during the 1990s to 73 % during 2008, reaching $ 10.5 trillion.
Sum of retained mortgage portfolio and mortgage backed securities outstanding for Fannie and Freddie (from OFHEO 2008 Report to Congress) divided by (1) total 1 - to 4 -
family home mortgage debt outstanding (from Census for 1971 - 2003 and FRB for 2004 - 2007) and (2) annual nominal GDP.
In 2007, as the numbers of distressed mortgages was mounting, Congress put a temporary policy in place to exclude forgiven
home mortgage debt from any tax obligation.
Most household debt is
home mortgage debt, and it is secured by residential real estate.
Home mortgage debt that is forgiven is not taxable, at least for now.
Eligible property owners have the ability to refinance up to the full value for
their homes mortgage debt under certain circumstances.
Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP): The Obama Administration set up this program in the midst of the subprime mortgage crisis to help eligible home owners with loan modifications on
their home mortgage debt.
As a result, the value of owners» equity in real estate, the difference between the value of owner - occupied real estate and
home mortgage debt, rose $ 1.3 trillion in the past four quarters and reached $ 14.1 trillion over the third quarter of 2017.
Since the first quarter of 2008,
home mortgage debt has declined 12 % or $ 1.27 trillion.
At the same time,
home mortgage debt... Read More»