How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval And Types Of Loan Programs

This BLOG On How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval And Types Of Loan Programs Was UPDATED On January 2nd, 2019

Bankruptcy is a great tool for people to utilize if they are drowning in debt and want a fresh financial start in life.

There are two forms of bankruptcy:

1. Chapter 13 bankruptcy
2. Chapter 7 bankruptcy. 

We will discuss Chapter 7 bankruptcy on this particular blog. We will also cover How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval And Types Of Loan Programs.

Why File Bankruptcy?

Millions of Americans have fallen victims to this country’s Great Recession where they have lost their homes or lost a substantial reduction in income which affected their overall household income.

• Many have gone through extended periods of unemployment where they have fallen so far behind on their monthly credit obligations where they had no ways of catching up and were constantly hounded by bill collectors
• Others have gotten civil judgments from credit card companies and other creditors where they were threatened with wage garnishments and bank account garnishments

For these hard-working people, filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy was their only option.

Reasons Why Bankruptcy Is Necessary

Many creditors are willing to work with consumers during hardship and will offer a re-payment plan and understand that people can go through tough times during tough economic times where they have lost their jobs or had other economic events such as divorce, loss of business, or medical issues.

• However, there are creditors who do not care and will do anything possible to collect their money via direct collection efforts or by hiring a third-party collection agency
• Larger collection agencies can be ruthless and will do anything and use any means to collect their debt and show no mercy
• They will go for the jugular and file suit where they can obtain a civil judgment
• Many will even go to the extent to garnish the debtor’s wages and bank accounts

When this situation arises, many consumers have no other choice but to file bankruptcy.

Avoiding Bankruptcy

If a consumer has understanding creditors where they are willing to offer debt settlement or a reasonable re-payment plan, they can possibly avoid filing for bankruptcy and see if they can work things out.

• Many creditors are willing to work with consumers including mortgage companies, automobile finance companies, medical collectors, credit card companies, and other creditors
• However, one ruthless creditor can force consumers to file for bankruptcy because they may garnish their wages

If a creditor or creditors are adamant in suing to get a judgment, consumers might be forced to file bankruptcy unless they can enter into a reasonable re-payment plan.

Judgments And How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval

How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval:

Judgments are the main reason most consumers are forced to file for bankruptcy.

• A judgment is probably the worst derogatory item you can have on the credit report
• A judgment will scare most lenders and creditors in granting new credit
• A judgment is issued by a judge and it is a court’s decision that the debt of a creditor is valid
• Gives the right for a creditor to collect the judgment and place appropriate liens on their assets which includes your property
• Borrowers who have assets, a judgment can pose a problem where it will enable the creditor in enforcement the civil judgment by placing liens on your assets

Borrowers who have multiple judgments, bankruptcy might be the only solution to get the judgments cleared.

Home Loan With Judgment

Lenders frown on civil judgments and most mortgage lenders will require you to have the judgment paid off before they will grant you a mortgage loan approval.

• However, I have approved borrowers who had outstanding civil judgments

The only way I can offer a mortgage approval for folks who have civil judgments is only if the borrower can have a payment plan with the judgment creditor:

• Consumer needs to have paid them for at least three months
• Borrowers need to provide proof of the payment agreement
• Provide three months of canceled checks proving borrower has made at least three payments

As long as the borrower can provide me with that, I can get the borrower a mortgage loan.

Getting Home And How How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval

Absolutely.

• Bankruptcy is a great tool for someone to get a fresh start in life
• Once you get your bankruptcy discharged, you have zero debt
• You should start re-establishing your credit right away by getting three $500 limit or more credit limit credit cards
• You can have credit scores higher than 700 FICO after a year of filing bankruptcy if you get your credit re-established by getting three to five secured credit cards
• Homebuyers will be able to get a mortgage loan exactly two years after the discharge date of your bankruptcy
• We also have a new program where home buyers can qualify for home loans with no waiting period after bankruptcy and/or foreclosure

NON-QM Loans are portfolio loans where it does require 20% down payment but have no waiting period after bankruptcy or foreclosure. Contact us at 800-900-8569 or text us for a faster response. Or email us at gcho@gustancho.com.  Visit our website at www.gustancho.com .

This BLOG On How Bankruptcy Affects Mortgage Approval Was UPDATED On January 2nd, 2019

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