FHA Loans To The Rescue For Home Owners

Federal housing package

The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008, will assist an estimated 400,000 homeowners currently facing foreclosure, many of whom reside in California, by allowing them to refinance their current sub prime mortgages with a more affordable Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-backed loan. This particular feature of the bill aims to stem the rising tide of foreclosures that have been driving down home values across the state and creating tougher lending rules that have pushed many potential first-time buyers with good credit off to the sidelines.

FHA foreclosure rescue – development of a refinance program for homebuyers with problematic sub prime loans. Lenders would write down qualified mortgages to 85% of the current appraised value and qualified borrowers would get a new FHA 30-year fixed mortgage at 90% of appraised value. Borrowers would have to share 50% of all future appreciation with FHA. The loan limit for this program is $550,440 nationwide. Program is effective on October 1, 2008.

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Loss Mitigation-Federal House Administration-FHA-

Loss Mitigation- Federal House Administration-FHA-
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTWASHINGTON, DC 20410-8000ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HOUSINGFEDERALHOUSING COMMISSIONERAugust 14, 2008MORTGAGEE LETTER 2008-21TO: ALL APPROVED MORTGAGEESATTENTION: Single Family Servicing ManagersSUBJECT: FHA Loss Mitigation Program UpdatesThe Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is pleased to announce several changes to itsLoss Mitigation Program that will strengthen both the Loan Modification and Partial ClaimInitiatives.While these changes are designed to address borrowers who are facing serious defaults,most delinquencies can and should be resolved through early intervention. Mortgagees are reminded of the critical importance of early and constructive contact with delinquent borrowers and the requirement to notify borrowers of the availability of default counseling by HUD-approved counseling agencies. Loss Mitigation Program Changes. This Mortgagee Letter announces three changes to the existing Loss Mitigation program designed to give mortgagees additional latitude to help borrowers cure defaults and retain home ownership. The changes noted below are effective immediately. First, with respect to Loan Modifications, mortgagees may use the Treasury 10-year constant maturity as a basis for establishing the maximum interest rate for loan modifications. The maximum interest allowable should be calculated as 200 basis points above the monthly average yield on United States Treasury Securities, adjusted to a constant maturity of 10 years. Mortgagees shall refer to the rate that is in effect as of the date of execution of the loan modification. For information on the 10-year monthly constant maturities, please refer to the statistical release H.15,which is available on the following web site: http://www.federalreserve.gov/releases/h15/data.htmNext, where loss mitigation is being attempted after foreclosure has been initiated, mortgage servicers and mortgagors have advised that foreclosure related costs and legal fees are often impediments to successful loss mitigation. Many mortgagors who are able to resume making monthly mortgage payments frequently do not have sufficient funds to reimburse the mortgagee the legal fees and foreclosure costs incurred prior to qualifying for loss mitigation and therefore are denied participation. www.hud.gov espanol.hud.gov Effective with this Mortgagee Letter, the Department will begin allowing legal fees and foreclosure costs related to a canceled foreclosure action to be incorporated into either the Loan Modification or the Partial Claim subject to the following requirements. This guidance expands and supersedes, in relevant part, the guidance provided in Loan Modifications section F (page 21) and Partial Claims section F (page 26) of Mortgagee Letter 00-05. For Loan Modifications, legal fees and related foreclosure costs may now be capitalized into the modified principal balance. For Partial Claims (PC), mortgagees may now include legal fees and foreclosure costs related to a canceled foreclosure in the Partial Claim. Mortgagees are reminded that all such foreclosure costs must reflect work actually completed to the date of the foreclosure cancellation and the attorney fees should not be in excess of the fee schedule that HUD has identified as customary and reasonable for FHA claim reimbursement. Late fees should not be capitalized in a Modification or included in a Partial Claim. As the goal in providing the mortgagor either a Loan Modification or a Partial Claim is to bring the delinquent mortgage current and give the mortgagor a new start, the mortgagee should waive all accrued late fees. Please refer to Mortgagee Letter 2005-30 (or any subsequent guidance issued by FHA on reasonable and customary foreclosure costs) for the fee schedule for legal fees that HUD has identified as customary and reasonable for FHA claim reimbursement. Lenders should perform a retroactive escrow analysis at the time of the loan modification to ensure that the delinquent payments being capitalized reflect the actual escrow requirements required for those months capitalized. Finally, in response to the industry’s request to provide adequate time for the mortgagee to complete all required actions related to a loan modification, the Department provides the following clarification. When establishing a loan modification, it is acceptable for mortgagees to include all payments due including an additional month in the loan modification. Consider the following example. The mortgagor is due for the January 2008 and allsubsequent payments. The mortgagee completes its loss mitigation evaluation on June 27, 2008. To allow adequate time to complete the loan modification, obtain all required signatures and provide adequate notice to the mortgagor of the new payment, the mortgagee may include the payments due for July 2008 and August 2008 in the loan modification. The mortgagor will begin remitting payments due under the modified mortgage effective with the installment due September1, 2008. Any questions regarding this Mortgagee Letter or requirements for use of the partial claimand loan modification authorities may be directed to HUD's National Servicing Center (NSC) at888-297-8685 or hsg-lossmit@hud.gov.Sincerely,Brian D. MontgomeryAssistant Secretary for Housing –Federal Housing Commissioner

REO, Short Sale and Foreclosures: Whittier Short Sale Homes

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Eastvale Community

I was introduce to the new Eastvale Community over two years ago, and other than the value of properties been affected so badly in the area, the city is turning to be a great place to live.
New schools reports have been going up, and this shows the effort that the school district is doing by bringing quality educators.
The impact on the education for this community will only better the quality of life and will become on time a place to move in and raise your kids.
Eastvale is surrounded by brand new homes, new parks and new schools. A well diversify neighborhood with easy commuting from the 91, 15 and 60 fwy.
When Schleisman St. construction and extension gets all the way to Euclid; it will make a nice cut off to the 91 fwy, helping commuters to avoid the 15 and 91 over pass, making traveling to Orange County easy.
Almost every where you turn in to a new track home area, you most likely find a nice park with play grounds for kids to enjoy, and some of them with skateboards rings football and basketball courts, the perfect place to meet friends and families. It is fun to see Eastvale Parks full of families and kids that come to enjoy the different sports on the weekends. There never is a dull day at the parks.

It is obvious that the Eastvale growth has slow down, and this, in a way, has allow the county to resolve some of the growing pains.
There apparently are more Police patrols on mayor streets and parks; this has help reduce some of the crimes that comes to a new neighborhood. Eastvale has some flows. The master plan did not take under consideration the traffic that 3 schools with in a block could create. We have seen this problem now that schools populations is increasing as new families begin to occupy the new homes and vacant homes.

Now that the new 15 fwy entrance down on Hammner is open, the 15 fwy access from Lemonite has seen the plug's of traffic reduce, however I believe that the over pass should be extended and the fwy entrance be increase to two lines to increase the flow of traffic. There are many compensated factor to the master flows and those are that Eastvale, as it continue to grow, it will be come the place to move in, nested between the new and old; Norco to the South, Mira Loma to the East, Ontario to the North and Chino to the West.

The Ontario International Air Port is helping to the economy of the region and it will continue to help on the growth of the surrounding cities, making this new community a great place to invest for the future. It remains to be seen what shape the community will take with Real Estate plunging prices and homes becoming more affordable. Would this bring a quality of new owners that will keep there lawn manicure and clear of graffiti, would they care about there community and be involve. Will the Norco/Corona School Dist, be able to maintain the good education? Or the lost of taxes revenues affect the school district budget? Are we going to see more cuts on education due to the drop on property values? All this are valid concerns that parents will face in the coming months.

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