These days, only about 30,000 - 40,000 new trials are begun each month, but with a greatly higher success rate in transitioning three - month trials
into permanent loan modifications.
By the end of October, 1.5 million homeowners had
obtained permanent loan modifications through HAMP, far fewer than the 3 million to 4 million forecast by President Barack Obama's administration when the program began in 2009.
More than 1.6 million homeowners have received trial loan modifications under HAMP, with 756,521 of those canceled and another 731,451 moving
into permanent loan modifications.
In court papers, though, the bank argues that HAMP provides homeowners no right to sue for a lender's failure to provide
a permanent loan modification.
Some options include paying back all of your payments (if you have the money), getting your lender to accept a payment holiday (forbearance) if you have a temporary income disruption, or
a permanent loan modification agreement.
Consumers who experience a sudden hardship, like a job loss, may qualify for a temporary reduction of their monthly payment or
a permanent loan modification that extends the length of the loan.
Temporary and
permanent loan modifications are acceptable, as long as the payments have been documented and made on time in accordance with the modification agreement.
In other words, you can use the» Early Relief» program before trying the government's Making Home Affordable program which — if you're successful with a three - month trial that features lower monthly costs — leads to
a permanent loan modification.
But since the program began, only 1.4 million
permanent loan modifications have been made through HAMP, according to the latest data from HUD.
Nearly 1.2 million home owners have received
a permanent loan modification through the Home Affordable Modification Program, and have saved about $ 547 per month on their mortgage payments, according to the report.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac completed more than 134,000 foreclosure prevention actions in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the total foreclosure prevention actions to more than 2.5 million since the start of conservatorship in 2008 with nearly 1.3 million of those actions being
permanent loan modifications.
He testified that, since 2008, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have completed more than 1.3 million
permanent loan modifications, more than 665,000 repayment plans, and nearly 150,000 forbearance plans.