Obama Mortgage Relief Qualifications: Understanding FHA Loans
Recently, as part of the various Homeowner Relief Programs being advocated by policy makers in Congress, The Treasury Department, and The Obama Administration, over 35,000 homeowners received letters from the Federal Regulators offering them a new, more affordable mortgage payment. This is known as a “Loan Modification”. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is offering many delinquent borrowers significant concessions on past due mortgages in many cases lowering interest rates to as low as 3%, extending loan amortizations schedules from 30 to 40 years, waiving traditional Obama mortgage relief qualifications requirements, and keeping payments under 38% of a borrower’s gross income. Many homeowners who currently find themselves “underwater”, which is defined as owing more than the property is worth in today’s market, are anxious to participate in the loan modification programs.