The federal administration has taken bolder steps to speed up recovery in the housing arena which has suffered the biggest slump in this economic downturn. After sitting with loan servicers and observing practices undertaken during the loan modification process, it has been observed that much of the delays in loan re-works lie on the back-and-forth procedures that take place between the borrower and the lender.
The Treasury Department released anew updated guidance for servicers working with the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) on January 28. While the previous guidelines only required borrowers to submit stated income to qualify for evaluation for a trial modification, new requirements necessitate the submission of verified income to cut short the long process towards an approval. It was observed that when borrowers complete their trial payment periods and qualify for permanent status, this is only when income verification is done.
Employees from the US Treasury’s home preservation office sat down and observed first-hand procedures carried out at servicers’ sites for an entire month and decided that changes needed to be implemented to speed up documentation procedures for a loan modification. By ensuring that all the necessary paperwork is done and an application package is in order before a modification begins, qualified borrowers who get through the trial payment period are automatically granted permanent modification thereafter.
A lot of the conversion problems prior to this new announcement were caused by time delays, as borrowers had to go back and forth through time consuming document verification so they can upgrade their modifications into permanent status.
Effective immediately, loan servicers will require upfront verified documentation for income and other pertinent paperwork from loan mod applicants. Those who have started last Thursday have seen notable improvement in their conversion rates.
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[...] 9, 2010 by ucanbeatthebanks Hopefully the updated guidelines recently released by the Treasury Department will speed up loan modification processing and enable [...]