To answer this we would need to know where the home is. States such as California only allow lenders one action, which is usually the foreclosure. After that they can not be persued. A second mortgage however, may persue if they did not do the foreclosure. Other states allow for deficiency balances to be persued through collection actions and the courts.
If the home was foreclosed on, you are still liable for the balance on the loan. Depending on the circumstances, some investors may not want to pursue it if the cost to collect exceeds the amount being collected.
If your name is not on the mortgage you are not legally liable for the loan as far as the bank is concerned. You could become liable through a divorce if it has been your home for you and your spouse.
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I'm not sure this question was complete, but the answer is that any excess equity after a property is foreclosed will go to the prior homeowner. In other words, if a home is foreclosed and the home sells at auction for more than was owed to the bank, the excess will go to the homeowner who was foreclosed upon. Keep in mind many fees and charges may be attached to a foreclosure, so the equity may be limited.
90 days This is not true. we were only 30 days late and our home was foreclosed on.
If the home was foreclosed on, you are still liable for the balance on the loan. Depending on the circumstances, some investors may not want to pursue it if the cost to collect exceeds the amount being collected.
Yes. Any junior liens on the property are extinguished, but the debts themselves still remain (it may be hard to enforce them, though).
If your name is not on the mortgage you are not legally liable for the loan as far as the bank is concerned. You could become liable through a divorce if it has been your home for you and your spouse.
File for bankruptcy or just let the second loan also go into forclosure.
The liability in foreclosure comes from the responsibility for the mortgage debt. Regardless of your legal ownership or interest in the home, you do not have liability for the mortgage debt if you are not a party to the loan (did not sign). The home is the collateral for the loan and can be foreclosed and sold as recourse when the loan goes into default. While everyone who has an interest in the home loses their rights to the home when it is foreclosed, the liability for the loan and any negative actions associated with that (collections, lawsuits, negative credit reporting) belong solely to the signers on the loan.
When your home is foreclosed on, the first or second can start the process. If you have a first mortgage and a second mortgage, your first mortgage is the first lien holder. Therefore if the second was first to foreclose they would have to pay the balance or negotiate the balance (agree to lower payoff). When a home is foreclosed on, all debts against the home are extinguished.Normally in a foreclosure the first mortgage will not negotiate with the second mortgage, in this instance the second mortgage would be out of the picture. VALUE (appraisal) plays a huge role in this process.
It's my understanding that when you sign a reaffirmation agreement, you then become liable once again for the loan. If the home was included in the bankruptcy, but no reaffirmation agreement was signed, you can "walk away" from the home at any time after the discharge and you're not liable. I've been told that the mortgage company will report it as a foreclosure though.
The home is a part of the estate. It does not matter that it is or is not in a trust. The executor is responsible for taking care of all of the assets of the estate.
Either attempt to renegotiate the terms of your mortgage with your lender or file for bankruptcy.
your husband will be liable only if his name appears on the loan or mortgage documents as a co-guarantor of the loan
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A second mortgage already has a lien on the home. If you don't pay the second mortgage they will foreclose and take the home. By paying off the first mortgage you just make it easier for the bank to get their money back out of the property when they sell it.