July 11, 2009
Reworking Second Mortgages
Under the Home Affordable Modification Plan (HAMP), banks may begin working with Treasury to refinance second mortgages, including home equity loans, into a government-subsidized program. This part of the HAMP could get up and running in August.
Texas lawyers will be wondering how this will work with the complicated Texas Home Equity Loan provisions embedded in the Texas Constitution which carry the possibility that a lender can have a lien on the homestead invalidated for failure to comply.
Reuters reports that JP Morgan, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and Citigroup own $450 Billion in second mortgage loans. Link to story: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5_CLxsTSQ14
(ag) July 11, 2009, in Home Equity Lending, Economy
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October 07, 2006
Home Equity Lending Guidance
Recognizing that certain home equity loans (especially open-end HELOCs, with an interest-only feature) can be subject to the same concerns evident in other non-traditional mortgage products, the OCC has supplemented its earlier guidance.
OCC Bulletin 2006-43 (Oct. 4, 2006) supplements the May 2005 Interagency Credit Risk Management Guidance for Home Equity Lending (OCC Bulletin 2005-22).
Link to OCC Bulletin: http://www.occ.treas.gov/ftp/bulletin/2006-43.html
(ag) Oct. 7, 2006, in Home Equity Lending/Nontraditional Mortgages
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