Homeowner Affordability Plan Is Out!

The Obama Administration and U.S. Treasury released more details on the Homeowners Affordability Plan today. The plan is meant to assist responsible homeowners that are in danger of entering foreclosure or going "under water" by lowering their monthly payments.

YourCreditCompany.com is dissecting the plan and will bring you specific details on plan, which goes into effect immediately. You can find the plan here, and read it for yourself to determine if you qualify or how it might affect your business.

We highly reccomend reading the text. Thus far the television coverage has just scratched the surface of what the plan entails. We can tell you that there are requirments that homeowners will have to meet. Homeowners will have to provide some documentation and will have to show hardship. The lender/servicer that carries your mortgage will also have to participate in the program, however if your home is serviced by Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, or certain banks that took TARP funds will be required to participate in the plan.

Look for more details tomorrow!

Matt Kemper
YourCreditCompany.com
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What We are Watching

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great weekend. This week we are looking at a couple topics that directly pertain to you or your friends' financial affairs.

First, Credit Cards always seem to be a hot topic. As they should be. It is not hard to find someone who has been broke, to use credit cards (in the interest of fairness there have been a significantly less number that have made a fortune because they maxed out their credit cards). The Senate Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs Committee have been holding hearings examining the credit card industry. We will be following the hearings as well as any other events in this industry.
If you are looking for information on credit cards or a place to "shop" the best rates check out YourCreditCompany.com

Second, we are watching for more updates on the Homeowner Affordability and Stability Initiative. The U.S. Senate's Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee is scheduled to hold hearings on the initiative on February 26, 2009 at 10:00am.

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Matt Kemper
YourCreditCompany.com

Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan

Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan

To open, I should remind everyone that The Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan is a proposed initiative. President Obama has set Wednesday March 4, 2009 as the day he would like it enacted. The Initiative is valued at approx. 75 billion dollars, intended to help homeowners that are currently or soon to be in danger of losing their home to foreclosure.

The Initiative will begin with 3-4 million “at risk” homeowners targeted. These homeowners have loans that are conforming and secured by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The total Initiative’s goal is to help 7-9 million families save their homes. To achieve this Mr. Obama would like lenders to refinance loans or modify loans. In return, the government will give monetary incentives to the lenders as borrowers make payments on time. Additionally, the government intends to incentivize the homeowner for making payments on time.

Affected by the collapse of the housing market are a great many people. Housing lead us into this recession and many hope housing will lead us out. Mr. Obama’s Initiative seems to have that in mind. A major question that you should be considering over the nearly 2 weeks before this Initiative is enacted is: “How does the government define “at risk” or “responsible” homeowners? This will help you identify if you will qualify this Inititaitive.

I would like to close by pointing out two axioms of the real estate industry. First, all markets are local (do not look too closely at the nationwide scope). Second, real estate is a cyclical market. Every homeowner must endure down markets and enjoy up markets.

Stay tuned for more details!

Matt Kemper

www.YourCreditCompany.com