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Elkhart Real Estate Agent Evelyn Johnston on Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA)
According to Elkhart Real Estate Agent Evelyn Johnston with Prudential One Realty, the National Association of REALTORS(r) recently reported on the Treasury Department's release of the guidelines and forms for its new Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA).  HAFA is part of the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP). HAFA provides incentives in connection witha short sale or a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure (DIL) used to avoid foreclosure on a loan eligible for modification under the HAMP program.  HAFA applies to loans not owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, which will issue their own versions of HAFA in coming weeks.
HAFA is a complex program, with 43 pages of guidelines and forms, designed to simplify and streamline use of short sales and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure.  HAFA:
Complements HAMP by providing a viable alternative for borrowers (the current home owner) who are HAMP eligible biut nevertheless unable to keep their home. Uses borrower financial and hardship information already collected in connection with consideration of a loan modification. Allows borrowers to receive pre-approved short sales terms before listing the property (including the minimum acceptable net proceeds). Prohibits the servicers from requiring a reduction in the real estate commission agreed upon in the listing ... more

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