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 […]
Can Foreclosure Be Stopped Without Filing for Bankruptcy?
If you’re facing foreclosure proceedings, bankruptcy may be the last thing on your mind. But you should consider bankruptcy both your first option — and your last — if you are in foreclosure. One question I get asked all the time: Can Foreclosure Be Stopped Without Filing for Bankruptcy? Bankruptcy Stops Foreclosure Proceedings Chapter 13 […]
Can Refinancing Stop Foreclosure?
If you default on your mortgage, the mortgage lender will foreclosure on your property. The bank will enforce its legal right, as a secured creditor, to repossess and sell the property. At foreclosure auction, the lender attempts to recover the money that is owed on the mortgage. Not only can you lose your home, but foreclosure […]