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Posted on: 25th Aug, 2009 09:44 pm
Does any one know how HAMP is calculated, if you do can you provide an example?


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Hi Joe,

The HAMP aims at reducing your monthly mortgage payment in such a way that your front end DTI ratio is reduced to 31% of your gross monthly income. To achieve this, your lender can either reduce the interest rate or can extend the term of your loan.

You can use the following payment reduction calculator to determine how much your mortgage payment could be lowered under the HAMP :

"http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/payment_reduction_estimator.html"

For instance, if your monthly payment on the primary mortgage, inclusive of taxes, insurance and homeowners association dues etc. is $1500 and your gross monthly income is $3000, your new monthly payment under HAMP will be $930 and you will save about $570 per month.
Posted on: 26th Aug, 2009 03:25 am
If my payment is 1200.00 each month and our gross is about $4000.00 a month. Just so many bills have put me behind. Will we qualify?
Posted on: 15th Nov, 2009 07:35 pm
hi,

A loan modification program introduced in 2009 to promote stability in the housing market.HAMP was aimed at helping homeowners who were devoting more than 31% their of gross income toward mortgage payments. Eligible homeowners can receive adjustments to the mortgage principal, interest rate or payments in order to get the percentage of income going to payments below 31%.
Posted on: 15th Nov, 2009 08:19 pm
"Eligible homeowners can receive adjustments to the mortgage principal, interest rate or payments in order to get the percentage of income going to payments below 31%."

Principal? How does this work - do they way off some of the principal debt if your payment ratio is too high? sounds a bit too good to be true to me...borrow too much for your income and the govt pays some of it off for you? surely not.....
Posted on: 16th Nov, 2009 02:33 pm
As I understand it, the goal is to get payments under 31%. Is this housing payments alone? Under 31% of gross income?
Posted on: 19th Nov, 2009 09:05 am
Hi,

The aim of the HAMP is to help the homeowners to bring down their mortgage payments in such a way that it does not take up more than 31% of their gross monthly income. It does not take into account your payments on other types of debts like credit cards, etc.
Posted on: 21st Nov, 2009 04:42 am
If my groos is 8100 and my mortage is 5441 with ythe HAMP program how much will Ibe paying.
Posted on: 06th Dec, 2009 01:00 am
Stella,

31% of your gross at 8100 would put your payment at $2,511 monthly. Keep in mind there are other factors that go into a HAMP loan such as how much you owe on the property (cannot owe more than $729,750)
Posted on: 07th Dec, 2009 03:19 pm
My gross income for month is $2500.My net is $1960.My mortgage was $1114 month with 6.5 interest rate.Under HAMP Wells Fargo gave me $1006.64 month mortgage with 4.67 interest rate.ONLY $114 LESS PER MONTH. I cant afford that.Bank said if i dont take it than they dont ahve anything else for me.Is that what it suppose to be? pls can someone advice me.I am a divorced mom and cant afford attorney fees.Need your help please!!! email me "avongirl411@yahoo.com"

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Posted on: 10th Dec, 2009 07:55 am
That is probably all you can do. You can short sale your home or foreclose but there is no other way to reduce your payment at this time. We have short sale experts if you need one to talk to. I am sorry to have to reply to you like this and it is not good news.
Posted on: 10th Dec, 2009 07:58 am
Hi nancy,

Under the HAMP, lenders are expected to reduce the interest rate by around 2%. The interest rate on your mortgage has been reduced from 6.5% to 4.67, which is not bad at all. But given your current financial situation, you are not being able to afford the modified payments. I am not sure if the lender will offer you any other modification plan. I am afraid you may have to leave the property if you fail to make the mortgage payments. In case you leave the home, you can go for either a short sale or a deed in lieu of foreclosure.
Posted on: 22nd Dec, 2009 01:32 am
if i am behind on a payment and trying to modify loan but thresten with foreclosure so havent made another payment i dont know where i stand should i take the payment if trying to modify loan
Posted on: 18th Feb, 2010 05:26 pm
if i am trying to modify my home loan but behind on one payment i know i cant catch up should i still keep making the payments
Posted on: 18th Feb, 2010 05:29 pm
To may,
" if i am behind on a payment and trying to modify loan but thresten with foreclosure so havent made another payment i dont know where i stand should i take the paymen
Do you mean your lender has started foreclosure proceedings against your property and you are trying to modify the loan to avoid foreclosure? If the lender is pursuing a foreclosure, he may not accept you request for the loan modification. However, if the foreclosure is still in the initial period, he may offer you a trial modification plan to help you get current on the loan. If you complete the trial plan successfully, you will get a permanent modification plan. Talk to your lender and see if you can get a trial modification plan and avoid foreclosure.

To Guest,

better to keep making payments while re trying to modify the loan. The more you get behind on your payments, the more difficult be for you to catch up with the payments. The lender will add the missed payments as well as late fees on to the loan balance and yo have to pay them off through the modification plan. So, if you have too many missed payments, the monthly mortgage payments may not reduce much when the loan is modified.
Posted on: 19th Feb, 2010 06:00 am
can the lender modify under HAMP to a payment that exceeds 31% of my gross income?
Posted on: 20th Mar, 2010 01:24 pm
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