Home Loans
Mortgage Lates and Refinancing
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By Ben Afzal
Benefit
Many lenders will do mortgage refinances for borrowers who are late on their morgage by 30 or 60 days. These lates can also be late multiple times in a calendar year, such as being late 2 times by 30 days (2×30 in mortgage industry terms).
Lender Decisions
Lenders base their loan decision on factors including:
- how many times a borrower was late
- how their overall credit is
- past mortgage history on the current and previous mortgages
- amount of equity in the property
- amount of collections
- amount of chargeoffs from other lenders
- extenuating circumstances, such as medical problems
Your Advantages
You have a strong advantage if you have a lot of equity in your property. You should be able to tap into that equity to receive enough cash to continue to make payments (assuming you had a temporary financial emergency).
Loan Issues
You are better off as an applicant if you don’t have a messy credit record with other lenders. This can include lots of other collection issues and chargeoffs.
If you can explain why you are in these problems, such as a temporary medical problem, the lender may also be willing to give you the benefit of the doubt.
Loan Rates
Lenders who loan for people with payment problems usually divide borrowers into three categories: A, B, and C. An “A” borrower has never been late on their mortgage, a “B” borrower is late once by 30 days, and a “C” borrower is late more than once by 30 days.
