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Mortgage servicers have been complaining about processing hurdles in the government’s Home Affordable Modification Program, or HAMP, and now a new waiver effective today could be the first step to streamline the foreclosure-rescue plan.

U.S. officials today said the “critical HAMP waiver” would eliminate the protracted process of re-starting a trial mortgage modification if the borrower’s income “exceeds by 25 percent” the income information used initially to start the trial period. Borrowers are subject to re-evaluations of their income status after a certain trial period.

“With the issuance of this waiver, borrowers are no longer required to restart the trial period,” said a statement by administrators of the HAMP program today. “The trial period payments would not be adjusted, but the permanent modification terms would be based on the borrower’s higher verified income.”

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I have worked in the mortgage industry for many years. So correct me if I am wrong, but as long as you make your P&I on the mortgage every month, they cannot report you to the credit bureau. I am fighting my mortgage company on the amount of escrow being added to the payment, and don't want to over pay into my escrow account any longer.


Depending on the state you reside in-if you signed an escrow disclosure statement clearly indicating all the impounds during closing & your LTV is greater than 80%, the mortgage company can asses you late fees & report you to the credit bureau. Double check your current LTV/CLTV's & look into escrow waivers. Good Luck.


The escrow payment is included in the payment, if you make a lesser payment you'll be delinquent on your home. If you're delinquent they'll report it. The only way to get out of it is to refinance into a loan that you're not escrowing if possible.


Your payment is the PITI.

What is the problem with escrows. Show the lender your insurance bill and your tax bill. These are the amounts that you owe.

Can the bank apply a payment for mortgage to another loan?

We have (2) loans, our mortgage and a line of credit on our home equity. My husband lost his job and we were trying to keep up the payments on our mortgage. When he paid a payment he used a payment coupon for the mortgage loan. Instead of applying the whole payment to our mortgage, the bank put some of the payment towards (1) month of the mortgage loan and the rest towards the home equity loan. So now we are still (1) month behind on our mortgage payment and the home equity loan is paid for about (4) months ahead of time. We are trying our best to keep this house.
Yes my husband used a payment coupon with the loan number on it and he received a receipt for the amount and the loan number was on the receipt also.


Didn't you mark the check? Didn't you check the receipt? Did they make a simple mistake? Haven't you informed them?


I would highly recommend a real estate attorney in your case.


Minimum payment for the HELOC is interest for the past month, There is no such thing as "paid 4 months ahead of time". If you pay more than the interest, that goes towards principal, and you still owe the interest on the balance each month.

So you will need to consider that when trying to work things out.


it does not matter at all as both are due every month. So if you do not pay one or the other they can still foreclose on either note


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Are there any mortgage payment assistance programs for people with low incomes due to job losses?

My husband left active duty military and went back to the reserves. We took a 3,000 dollar a month paycut and are having trouble making our mortgage payments. We've had the house for 2 years and it's a VA loan. Are there any mortgage payment assistant programs to people like us here in Colorado? We are trying to avoid foreclosure at all costs. If we could get help with the payments until it sells (houses aren't selling in our neighborhood right now) we could avoid a big headache for us in the future. Anywhere we can turn to?
By the way,
No he was forced to quit active duty because he tore his ACL in PT and Tricare waitlisted a surgery and then said they wouldnt fix it. HE DID have a full time job waiting for him once he was off active duty but because of his knee not being able to be fixed, the couldn't bring him on board as a police officer. He is currently working 2 jobs, and SO AM I despite the fact we have a 1 year old. We are overworked and getting sick and still cant make up the 3000 dollars nor afford to fix the knee. We are NOT hillbillies who dont pay our bills. We each work 60 hours a week between both of our jobs.


You wouldn't qualify.

Your husband didn't lose his job, he quit his job, there is a HUGE difference.

Sorry to sound harsh, but programs weren't designed for that purpose. The smart thing to have done is to have had a full time job BEFORE he left active duty military.

Is he even looking for a job? Are you? Is there a reason why one or both of you can't work two jobs?

The reserves is only one-weekend a month...where did he think the money was going to come from?


Hi,

Yes, there are a few options for you. Checkout http://mortgage.creditmortgagepro.com for some useful info and tips on the matter. Good luck!

How do you calculate what your mortgage payment will be without using a mortgage calculator?

Can somone show me how to calculate a mortgage payment

like for example

what is the monthly payment on a $200,000 mortgage at 6% interest over 25 years?
Can somone show me how to calculate a mortgage payment

like for example

what is the monthly payment on a $200,000 mortgage at 6% interest over 25 years?

I need to know how to do the mathematical calculations, don't just give me the anwser.


monthly payment = interest portion + principal portion
m1=12 in us the interest is compounded monthly
(in canada m1=2, interest is compounded semi-annual)
m2=12 payment every month
YR=25
%int=6 percent annual interest
n= m2 * YR = 12 * 25 = 300
int=%int / 100 / m1 = 6 / 100 / 12 = 0.005
INT = (1 + int) ^ (m1 / m2) -1
INT = (1 +0.005) ^ (12 /12) -1 = 0.005
PV = loan = 200,000
F1 = interest portion of mortg
F1 = PV * INT = 200,000 * 0.005 = 1000
F2 = equal monthly payment factor
F2 = 1 - [1 + INT] ^ [ - n ]
F2 = 1 - [1 + 0.005] ^ [ - 300 ]
F2 = 0.77603432
PMT = monthly payment = F1 / F2 = 1000 / 0.77603432
PMT = 1288.60


1288.60


I'm not exactly sure off the top of my head without using a mortgage calculator but, someone has told me to just say 1% will be your mortgage payment. So with $200,000 mortgage i would estimate your payment to be 2000/mth.


With mortgages, we want to find the monthly payment required to totally pay down a borrowed principal over the course a number of payments.The standard mortgage formula is:
M = P [ i(1 + i)n ] / [ (1 + i)n - 1]

Where M is the monthly payment. i = r/12. The same formula can be expressed many different way, but this one avoids using negative exponentials which confuse some calculators.


1288.60 but that doesn't include taxes or insurance. This is just P&I. Also take in account if you have HOA dues.


Easiest way to do that is to take the purchase price of the house and divide it by 100. The figure will be very close to your mortgage amount including property tax and insurance if you were paying roughly 9% interest. It's good to figure it this way too, because then you've estimated on the high end, so you know it will be less than that. If you're getting a 5% interest, than divide your figure by 50.


Hi NeedInfo06,

Microsoft Excel has an amortization table template that you can use. If you do not have in your computer, go to Microsoft's website. Type amortization table in the search bar. Download it from there.

How does making your mortgage payment bi-weekly save you money?

I got a letter in the mail from the bank that says paying our mortgage payment bi-weekly instead of monthly could save us $40,000 to $100,000 in interest and reduce our mortgage term by 7 to 9 years without refinancing. How does this work?


The "interest on 15 days instead of 30" isn't always true. Many mortgage companies who offer this program just hold the first half till the second half arrives. The mortgage company might make some interest, holding all those half payments for 15 days, but you don't.

The real benefit is that paying every 2 weeks make for 13 months. You make an extra payment which goes right to the principal.

You don't need to pay the mortgage company the $300 or $3000 (whatever the current fee) to set this up. You can pay extra on your principal anytime you want. Even paying as little as $10 every month will shorten your loan.


It reduces the amount of interest you pay by paying down the principal sooner.


I am currently taking a finance course that discusses mortgages as well. We have a mortgage loan officer in our course and he explained to us this concept last week. This is what happens:
A. You end up paying more of your principal sooner and therefore pay less interest over the period of the loan because 1/2 of your payment only gathers 15 days of interest and not 30.
B. The other issues is that if you make payments biweekly you end up, normally, having a higher monthly payment. A year has 52 weeks so you would end making 26 payments which would equal 13 months worth of payments in a year.
if you can afford it, definately choose this option and choose a 15 year versus a 30 year mortgage.
best of luck.


Teodor has the correct answer, but I will add to it That you can do this on your own. You do not have to pay a 3rd party to set this up. You can coordinate this with your mtg co. Also when you make extra payments to the principle, make sure you do so with a separate check and specify that it is to be applied to the principle.

What affect does a larger down payment have on mortgage payments?

I'm in the first steps of buying a condo, and I'm a bit confused as to what a larger/smaller down payment actually does to the mortgage payment. In all of the mortgage payment calculators I've gone to online, increasing or decreasing the down payment has no effect on the monthly payment and only decreases the term. I am confused because I set the term to 30 years, but its still changing the life of the loan.


if you can put enough down to shortin
up the term, 20-30%...the only time youll ever see what your saving, is on paper before you sign on the dotted line....do the math, see what you can live with, and remember the future.....


The larger your down payment, the less your loan will be and the less your payments will be.


the larger your down payment, the smaller the monthly payment. the loan calculators assume you want to keep the same payment, so they are actually telling you how long it will take to pay it off at that payment. You actually save ALOT of money with a real big down payment, because you pay less interest.


First, the idea of a condo in this current market is not wise. They are a dime a dozen and unless you are stealing it then it is bad idea. Trust me. I do foreclosure bulk sales for a living and we can't give condos away.

As far the effect on your payment, the rule of thumb is $7 per thousand. Put ten thousand down and the payment drops about $70 a month assuming an interest rate around 7%.

I hope this helps.


Larger downpayments decrease the monthly payment and total payment over the life of the loan.
Also if you do not put down at least 20% you will have to pay PMI--private mortgage insurance--which is for the benefit of the lender NOT you.

I wonder if you arrowed back to enter a different term or something that made the calculator not work. Or did you have a fixed monthly amount that was set when you used the calculator? Something went awry.


As others have answered, it will reduce the payment however, I want to mention that you have to find the right balance on how much you want to put down. I can help you do that. Just visit the site below and fill out the sort form on the main page.

How long after closing, before my first mortgage payment is due?

I am closing on a house in the next week in Illinois. I am planning on spliting up my mortgage payment into a bi-monthly payment. Any ideas as to how long after closing before I have to make my first payment?


first payment will be due in september.


If you are closing next week, your payment will be due in September. Also, I think you mean making the mortgage payments bi-weekley? (twice a month) You can't just do that though, you have to make sure the lender allows for this. You can't just split up your payment in 2 & send it into them. You must get approval!


You will usually pay the balance of the current month and owe on the first of the next month.

How do I get a late mortgage payment off of my credit report?

How do I get a late mortgage payment off of my credit report? I mean I'm totally current on my mortgage now. I want this off of my report. Thanks


it will stay on your credit report for 7 years.

How can I get my mortgage payment and principle lower when I am paying on time?

Couple of my friends have their mortgage payment and principle lower by their lender because their can't afford it any more and they stop paying. How can I do it when I am paying mine on time all the time?


Even if your paying ontime you still may be able to talk your lender into renegotiating "if" you can prove the payment now or in the future is going to cause you to default on the loan "and" your not able to sell or shortsell the property.

What is the best type of mortgage loan for the lowest monthly payment?

30 year fixed? 2/1 ARM? I need a loan with no PMI and low points and the lowest possible mortgage payment a month. What Im working with:

Credit score 600
Annual assets (Salary) 34500
Monthly Debt: 70
House loan amount: 106000
Available to put towards closing costs (Including down payment) 12000

Any ideas?


obviously you haven't been watching or reading about the mortgage meltdown. 30 year fixed and certain lenders will ignore the rip off PMI crap. Shop around but insist on 30 year fixed.

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