Families have dreams but the reality is that mortgage relief is proving to be elusive.

Families have dreams but the reality is that mortgage relief is proving to be elusive. Yomalis Hilario and Johnny Montero are focusing on sending their children to a good school but the problem of their house mortgage is dragging away their attention. They bought their house in Paramus, New Jersey, for $468,000 but soon the monthly interest on two mortgages shot up to $3,400 per months making life difficult for them.

Hilario contacted the servicer asking for a more reasonable rate and the rate was cut down from 4.25% to 7.125 on the first mortgage and to 7% from 12% on the second one. But that did not solve the problem as the couple faced job difficulties. They defaulted and the house was sold at an auction of the Sheriff.

Thus modification is not proving to be helpful in many instances. The Obama government is talking about lenders having made progress in loan modification but the critics contend that the process is laced with complications that have led to it being too long drawn. In many cases the modification does not help because the debt of the home owners is just too much for them to tackle with a low income

With each passing day it is becoming clear that more and more borrowers are being negatively impacted. Nearly one eighth of the borrowers are either already in foreclosure or defaulting on their mortgage payments during the second quarter of 2009 according to the findings of Mortgage Bankers Association.

Earlier this year the Obama government had launched the loan modification programme and was chalked to help those who were in trouble because of being victimized by predatory lending during the first part of this decade. During the time of the housing boom the owners borrowed willy-nilly against the increasing value of their properties. At the time of contracting the loans sometimes no down payments were made and they took exotic loans that they could ill afford. When the rates began to spike many found they could not remain current on their mortgages.

The problem became more complicated with most of the borrowers going underwater – the loans becoming heavier than the worth of the house. This meant that the houses could not be sold. The lenders are also being blamed for this mess. Ronald LeVine who deals with bankruptcy cases said that the lenders “knew these loans were destined to fall.” He is representing Hilario and Montero.

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