It will be severely damaged for 10 years.
A home equity line of credit is a mortgage. If you default the lender will foreclose and take possession of the property by the foreclosure procedure used in your state.
They only foreclose on the 1st loan. The 2nd will go as a charge off as bad debt. They may sue you to get a judgment on it. I had an 80/20 loan and on my credit the 80 loan was only showing as foreclosure, the 20 was coming up as charged off
Foreclosure is the noun variant for foreclose.
If the person is unable to pay, the bank can foreclose.
A foreclosure or bankruptcy is never good for your credit, this is something you'd be better off discussing with an attorney. You can avoid foreclosure by filing bankruptcy.
No action should be taken until a ruling has been made by the court. CRA are notorious for bypassing correct procedures though. I doubt in this case it is something you need to worry about,considering the circumstances. If it happens, it really isn't that much more damaging to your credit. Sorry!
your credit rating will drop
The lender can foreclose the mortgage and sell the house to recoup its losses. You would lose the house. Your credit rating will plummet.
No. You can only foreclose a mortgage if you own it as evidenced by documentation that was recorded in the land records.No. You can only foreclose a mortgage if you own it as evidenced by documentation that was recorded in the land records.No. You can only foreclose a mortgage if you own it as evidenced by documentation that was recorded in the land records.No. You can only foreclose a mortgage if you own it as evidenced by documentation that was recorded in the land records.
It will go bad on your credit report anyay. What you got left does't matter. Creditors want to know how you may, can, did, might do, and do, pay up on their current accounts.
You probably will be stuck with a very high interest rate since you had to foreclose on your house. Expect it to be higher than 20% to start out.
If the lender does not correct your credit report, then you could send a letter and a copy of the court's decision to the credit agencies. Still, a notice of foreclosure may remain, and I am not sure whether you can make that go away.