Ten percent of the recent admissions to the program are still in
trial loan modifications, awaiting a decision on whether they will be approved for permanent status, with another 10 percent having been denied or dropped out of the program.
Inaccuracies often arise because loan servicers fail to reflect that borrowers are in
trial loan modifications, like those offered by the government, Mr. White said.
In addition, nearly 7,000 Oregon homeowners are currently benefiting from over $ 450 million in refinancing, short sales and completed or
trial loan modifications, including principal reduction on first and second lien mortgages provided under the landmark National Mortgage Servicing Settlement.
Not exact matches
That number increased to more than 697,000 mortgage
loans through November, but most of them were only
trial modifications, according to Bloomberg.
The borrower, in good faith, makes the payments but does not know if a
loan modification will be granted or what will happen after the «
trial period» is over.
Several
loan modifications are made on a «
trial period», some lasting for as little as two months.
«Our tests have shown that many homeowners who are severely underwater on their mortgages will respond positively to a
modification offer that includes reduction of their principal balance, increasing the rates of acceptance of HAMP
trial modification offers, conversion to permanent
modifications and long - term success of the homeowner,» said Jack Schakett, credit loss mitigation executive for Bank of America Home
Loans.
What's worse is that some lenders choose to continue to report rolling 30 day late payments to the credit bureaus, especially if the
loan modification has a
trial period.
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.
If a
trial or permanent
loan modification is denied because of a net present value calculation, the specific reasons in the notice provided to the borrower must include the inputs used in the net present value calculation.
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.
Convert
loans with validated HAMP
trial plans to final HAMP
modification after payment is posted
Often times after someone is either been rejected for a
loan modification or have gotten past the
trial period they end up short selling their property.