As the service fee set aside is
not part of the loan balance, the funds remaining in the service fee set aside at time of loan repayment are not subject to refund.
Read more Another relief for FHA borrowers is a temporary period of forbearance, a loan modification that would lower the interest rate or extend the payback period or a deferral of
part of the loan balance at no interest.
The first is a mechanism for helping troubled home owners refinance their mortgages, as long as their lenders were willing to write down
part of the loan balance on houses that have fallen significantly in value.
That relief might be in the form of a temporary period of forbearance, a loan modification that would lower the interest rate or extend the payback period or a deferral
of part of the loan balance at no interest.
That relief might be a temporary period of forbearance, a loan modification that would lower the interest rate or extend the payback period, or a deferral of
part of the loan balance at no interest.
Enjoy flexible payment frequency: payments can be made weekly, every two weeks or monthly; all or
part of the loan balance may be paid before the loan expiry at any time, with no prepayment charge.
As long as one homeowner continues to live in that home as the primary residence, the homeowners aren't obligated to repay
any part of the loan balance.
For example, if you currently have a HECM reverse mortgage, then your payments are applied in the following order: first to
that part of your loan balance representing mortgage insurance premiums, secondly to that part of your loan balance representing servicing fees, thirdly to that part of your loan balance representing interest charges, and finally to that part of your loan balance representing principal advances.