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| Subject: Get this lunacy: New Foreclosures Plan Will Pay Homeowners to Sell Tue Mar 09, 2010 3:23 am | |
| The government's mortgage modification plan hasn't helped as many defaulting homeowners as was hoped, so the Obama administration will try a different tack to avoid foreclosures. Instead of trying to keep people in their homes, the government will pay them to leave, The New York Times reported.
Under the new program going into effect April 5, homeowners at risk of defaulting would be allowed to sell for less than they owe. They could also get an additional cash payment.
Banks and other lenders will have to accept the short sale, forgiving the difference between the market price of the home and what they are owed.
The government money would serve as an incentive to bring all the parties to the table. Aside from the $1,000 payments that servicing banks get for loan modifications, they can get another $1,000 toward a second loan if one is made and, for the first time, the homeowners themselves would get a payment of $1,500 to help them relocate.
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/03/08/new-foreclosures-plan-will-pay-homeowners-to-sell/
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