Can You Refinance with Bad Credit? The government has a program to help distressed homeowners refinance their home mortgages under certain conditions. Interest rates have fallen below 5%. The interest rate on a 30 year fixed rated mortgage in 2009 was just below 5%. The rates have fallen more since 2009. Home values have also fallen in value as well. A lot of homeowners are not able to qualify for traditional refinancing because of these facts. If you want to try to qualify for a government refinance mortgage assistance program, follow the steps below. You need you last two income tax returns, pay stubs, savings account statement, checking account statement, and a copy of your retirement account statement.
Step 1: Go to the computer and find the website ‘makinghomeaffordable.gov’. This site is the online government Making Home Affordable Program. Find the link ‘refinancing’ on the home page and click on the link.
Step 2: There are questions on the ‘Am I eligible for a Home Affordable refinance?’ link. Answer the questions and hit ‘submit’. You probably will qualify if your response to at least four of the questions asked was ‘yes’. You will probably qualify for refinancing.
Step 3: Find the text that is highlighted and says, ‘call your mortgage servicer or lender’. You will need to type the name of your mortgage company in the search bar. Hit enter.
Step 4: You will be shown a number for your mortgage lender. They are the ones who will process your refinance, not the government.
Step 5: Tell the lender that you want a Home Affordable refinance. Show the documentation that proves your home has gone down in value and that you cannot qualify for traditional refinancing.
Step 6: Send all the documentation that your lender asks for. This will be the income statements that you gathered up before we started through these steps. Note whether or not you are employed and include copies of recent earnings. Make copies of your last two years of income tax returns and the W-2 attached. Make copies of your savings, checking, and retirement account statements. Any source of income that you have, send verification. The lender may want a list of your debts as well. You may have to send documentation from your last credit card statement, you car loan, or your student loan. The lender will let you know all the information that is needed and the documentation that you need to include with your application. Follow his directions, submit the paperwork, and wait for your approval.
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