How to Refinance With a Foreclosure on Your Credit Report
Whether you can refinance with a foreclosure on your credit report depends upon two factors: your loan terms and your mortgage lender. Negative credit events like foreclosure affect every credit decision made by lenders. A foreclosure will stay on your credit report for seven years. But many creditors look past previous foreclosures during the refinance application […]
Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and Freddie Mac: What Do They Do?
Fannie Mae, Ginnie Mae and Freddie Mac are government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs). The U.S. Congress created these corporations to reduce cost and increase availability of credit to targeted borrowing sectors. GSEs enhance the flow of money between private lenders and investors. Home buyers, farmers, students — and hedge fund managers — are the major beneficiaries of GSEs. Fannie Mae […]
Beware of Temporary Mortgage Modifications
On December 1, 2010, Chris Dodd’s final Senate hearing featured testimony from senior Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives. These execs blame mortgage servicers for triggering the mortgage meltdown. As a bankruptcy lawyer practicing in Washington, D.C. and Virginia, I have had several clients report the following scenario to me about temporary mortgage modifications. The homeowner […]