Foreclosure Stop Now with Short Refinance

What is Short Refinance?

The technical definition of a short refinance or short pay is:

The refinancing of a mortgage by a lender for a borrower currently in nonpayment on his or her payments. This is done to ward off foreclosure. Typically, the newer loan amount is less than the existing current loan amount and the difference is typically forgiven by the lender.

A lending institution may do this because it is more cost effective than foreclosure proceedings. In most foreclosure situations people can negotiate a short refinance through a lender of the property facing foreclosure. Example: The debtor owes $200,000 on their mortgage with another $25,000 in back fees and legal fees. Someone negotiates for the loan to be settled for $180,000 and arranges a new loan for $20,000 to cover paying off the original institution and all associated transaction bills. The owner has now avoided the foreclosure and gotten rid of $25,000 of debt.

Sometimes a friend, relation or investor buys or pays off the mortgage from the creditor. Another way to possibly get this to operate may be to negotiate as has been stated here but instead of finding a foreclosure loan to cover both the settlement and the legal fees find the best loan package you can and have friends or family members make up the difference at a discount.

This is just another way to have a foreclosure stop.