Great News for Underwater Homeowners | Changes to HARP Program Announced
You may have heard that President Obama plans to open up refinancing to more homeowners who are underwater. If you are wondering what this means...and if you can benefit...here are some facts to consider.
First, it's important to realize that the president's proposal is not a new program, but a revision to the current Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP). However there is a big change: Now homeowners can refinance no matter how underwater they are! Before homeowners could only refinance if they were 25% or less underwater, and even then many banks only let people who were 5% or less underwater refinance. Also, with the revision it's possible that an appraisal won't have to be performed, which is great news as this will save time and money. But this is only the case if Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac can electronically estimate the value through their valuation models. |
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Keep in mind that these updates to HARP apply only to people whose mortgage is currently secured by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac...and whose loan was securitized by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac prior to May 31, 2009. So the chances are that people who have refinanced since May 2009 will not qualify to refinance under the HARP revision.
To find out if Fannie Mae owns your loan, click this link: www.fanniemae.com/loanlookup/
To find out if Freddie Mac owns your loan, click this link: www.freddiemac.com/mymortgage/
As of now, the revisions to HARP have been proposed by President Obama and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This directive has been given to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and they now have until November 15, 2011 to give guidance and details regarding how these changes will be run.
To read more details, you can visit the FHFA Web site. And if you have any questions at all about what these changes mean or how they could impact you, call or email us anytime at 480.444.7123 or margoandjeff@onqfinancial.com.
To find out if Fannie Mae owns your loan, click this link: www.fanniemae.com/loanlookup/
To find out if Freddie Mac owns your loan, click this link: www.freddiemac.com/mymortgage/
As of now, the revisions to HARP have been proposed by President Obama and the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which regulates Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This directive has been given to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and they now have until November 15, 2011 to give guidance and details regarding how these changes will be run.
To read more details, you can visit the FHFA Web site. And if you have any questions at all about what these changes mean or how they could impact you, call or email us anytime at 480.444.7123 or margoandjeff@onqfinancial.com.
If your loan is owned or guaranteed by either Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae, you may be eligible to refinance your mortgage under the enhanced and expanded provisions of HARP. Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have adopted changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) and you may be eligible to take advantage of these changes.
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