Apr 26

Report: ‘Alarming’ Rate of Re-Defaulters With HAMP

Report: ‘Alarming’ Rate of Re-Defaulters With HAMP

Report: 'Alarming' Rate of Re-Defaulters With HAMP. Image courtesy of Pixomar / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

Report: ‘Alarming’ Rate of Re-Defaulters With HAMP. Image courtesy of Pixomar / FreeDigitalPhotos.net

 

A new report finds that borrowers who had their mortgage payments reduced as part of the Home Affordable Modification Program are still failing at an “alarming rate” to stay current on their mortgage. The borrowers had their mortgage payments reduced, on average, by more than $400 a month.

For example, 46 percent of a few thousand permanent HAMP modifications issued in 2009 during the third quarter have re-defaulted. Nearly 40 percent of those made in the fourth quarter of 2009 also have re-defaulted, according to the report from the Troubled Asset Relief Program or Sigtarp.

The longer home owners remain in HAMP, the more likely they are to re-default out of the program, according to the report.

Under HAMP, banks aim to reduce borrowers’ monthly payments to around 31 percent of their current income. This often occurs by extending the term of the loan and dropping the interest rate. On average, the modifications have reduced monthly mortgage payments by $545 or $400.

To date, about 860,000 borrowers have active HAMP modifications. Around 290,000 have been removed from the program.

However, the report notes recent HAMP modifications have shown better results and are performing better than ones issued years earlier.

“Around 11 percent of HAMP modifications made in late 2011 have defaulted after one year, compared with more than 20 percent for those made when the program launched in mid-2009,” The Wall Street Journal reports.

The report also notes that HAMP modifications tend to outperform privately issued loan modifications.

Source: “Despite Improvement in Loan-Mod Defaults, Report Raises Alarms,” The Wall Street

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