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There is a "secret formula" which is determining whether you are eligible for a HAMP – it is called the NPV – the "net present value".
What is this formula? I found two descriptions:
Description #1: This first is an official brief description from the "Frequently Asked Questions" portion of a government document – it recites as follows:
"Apply a Net Present Value (NPV) test to determine whether the value of the loan to the investor will be greater if the loan is modified (factoring in the government’s incentive payments) [versus if the loan is foreclosed and the foreclosed house sold by the foreclosing lender]. If the modified is not of greater value [greater NPV] the investor and servicer may still modify the loan. However, modification in such cases is nto required. Please note: Your servicer may re-run the NPV test before the modification becomes official if they receive new information taht could affect your NPV score. If the modified loan is of greater [NPV], the servicer must offer you a modification under HAMP, and, ifyou accept the offer, will put you on a trial modification (typically three months) at the new payment level. [ ] Misrepresenting any information required for the Home Affordable Modifidcation is a violation of Federal law and has serious legal consequences." Revised June 8, 2010, a copy is available at: http://makinghomeaffordable.gov/docs/BORROWER%20FAQs_6-8-10.pdf
Note that a list of servicers that have agreed to participate in HAMP modifications is available at a government website. Also included is a list of those HAMP programs (there is more than one HAMP program – adding to the confusion) in which the respective servicers have agreed to participate at: http://www.makinghomeaffordable.com/contact_servicer.html
Description #2 of NPV test – This description comes from an on-line post by an "in the trenches" individual who has claimed to have participated in and successfully completed 100 modifications:
January 2010: "The "NPV Test" (NPV is "Net Pesent Value") is a formula used to determine your eligibility for a loan modification under the HAMP Program. The purpose running an NPV calculation test is to decide if the investor of your mortgage is in a better profit position by approving you for a modification (basically which choice gets more money to their bottom line) or if they would have a higher profit margin by allowing the property to foreclose. This formula takes many different factors such as current value, foreclosure costs, resale time and compares this with payments on the reduced rates, how much principal they would have to defer interest free to make you qualify under 31% of your gross (pretax) income, after the other "waterfall process" steps the HAMP underwriting guideline require in order to lower your payment were first calculated, along with the risk in possible repeat default, and many other figures that are called values. In other words, it is the comparison of two formulas with multiple factors, that are then compared to see which is greater in profit to the investor of your loan. The investor is usually not the same as your servicer.
If the borrower is not approved for a HAMP modification because the transaction failed the NPV calculations, then the servicer must, explain what the NPV means tell you the factors used to make the NPV decision and advise you that you may request the values used in making the calculations along with the date the process was completed within 30 days of the notice of denial. and dates. The reason they have to provide this information to you is to give you the opportunity to make any necessary corrections to the values they used as they make or break your ability to be considered eligible for the Home Affordable Modification Program.
You or your authorized representative, can request the specific NPV values verbally or by writing to the servicer within 30 calendar days from the notice date and they must answer your request within 10 days.
If you request the NPV values and you have a foreclosure sale pending the servicer must not complete the foreclosure sale until 30 days after they deliver those values to you to give you time to correct the inaccurate values. If there are any.
Once the evidence that the NPV values used were inaccurate, the servicer has the burden to make the necessary verifications to see if the corrections are material to the outcome of the NPV.
Some values don’t affect the outcome and do not warrant a change from the original NPV. If you find inaccurate values in the NPV calculations and you follow the protocol for advising the lender then your servicer must reconcile the inaccuracies prior to proceeding with any foreclosure sale.
As always the best way to win at the loan modification game is to learn everything you can about the process so you can be empowered and successful with your loan modification and saving your home."
See Anna Cuevas at http://ezinearticles.com/?Denied-For-HAMP-Because-You-Failed-NPV-Calculations—What-is-NPV-Test?&id=3574993
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What was the Tamaulipas Massacre?
"On August 24, 2010, an 18 year old Ecuadorean approached a military checkpoint in Tamaulipas, Mexico, a northern state in Mexico. He had been shot in the neck and explained that he had just escaped a massacre. Mexican marines followed his directions to a barn a few miles away. There they found 72 men and women shot dead. The teenager told the marines how the group, migrants from Central and South America, had been kidnapped on their way to the United states by bandits claiming to belong to the Zetas, a Mexican drug trafficking gang. When the group refused to work for the gang, they were executed, with only two confirmed survivors." From The Economist, September 11, 2010, page 36.
"…the price of being smuggled accross the border has risen from perhaps $2,000 per person to as much as $10,000, according to STRATFOR, a global intelligence company based in Texas."
"A 2010 report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that human smuggling is a $6.6 billion industry in Mexico, and that 90% of unauthorised immigrants crossing into the United States through Mexico hired a smuggler at some point along the journey – for food, for shelter, for a hiding spot in the back of a tractor trailer, for guidance about where to find water on the trail. [ ] …some coyotes (smugglers) are members of their comunities in good standing, esteemed for having helped friends and neighbors."
Why is a bankruptcy lawyer blogging about illegal immigration, massacres and border smugglers?
Because this massive migration (850,000 people crossed the border without authorization in 2005, down to about 300,000 today) will provide you with job security.
Many, most perhaps, of these migrants do not speak English. English is very difficult to learn. In contrast, Spanish lends itself to literacy, in that it can be picked up relatively quickly and is straightforward in spelling and usage.
With latino populations in many areas at a "tipping point" where many do not need to learn English to survive, these people need human interfaces with the economy. You can be just that human interface…and be paid well for it.
Are you tired of being unemployed and laid off? Use your spare time to learn Spanish. This will guarantee that when you are re-employed, you will be one of THE LAST ones to be laid off, as opposed to the first.
Even if you are laid off, I have little doubt that your Spanish abilities will help you to become a finalist in almost every job for which you apply.
Stabilize and take control of your future….learn Spanish. You can search this blog using the Google site-search function (the little Google box up in the corner) to learn more about how you can learn to speak Spanish economically and quickly.
Times are tough all over. If you need to make a little extra time to study your Spanish language texts, consider filing for bankruptcy and then drop your work schedule to 32 hours per week because post bankruptcy you may not need to work so many hours to stay ahead of your bills. Use the resulting 8 hours to polish your Spanish skills. Sacrificing a bit of time right now could pay future dividends in the form of job and income security.
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