Choosing between Bankruptcy and Foreclosure

Posted on Thursday 3 September 2009

Often times, individuals need to opt between filing financial insolvency or allowing their home loan lender to foreclose their property. If monthly mortgage payments are not made on time, the bank will eventually file a foreclosure on the property. The only guaranteed way to stop this from taking place is to pay the mortgage lender on time. It is the same for all who have not been able to pay his home loan; the mortgage holder will start the foreclosure process. Home loans are much like automobile loans; if you do not make your payments you invariably will have it repossessed.

Insolvency proceedings are a legal act that is registered by a person who is not able to pay her debt as agreed. If the consumer is in the middle of bankruptcy then all active civil proceedings connected with the mortgage are halted. As such, legally, a home loan lender has to stop all collection processes, foreclosure among them. However, a home loan lender might apply for relief from the required stay, and if it is permitted, may go on with the aforementioned action. Bankruptcy will not stop foreclosure and you have to pay back your loan. Bankruptcy only makes the foreclosure continue slowly; it does not solve the problems.

Even though insolvency can not forever stop foreclosure, it might allow an individual extra time to repay the over due or at least it will make it bit less difficult to to repay the mortgage lender. Since bankruptcy requires a lender to freeze foreclosure actions, a debtor has a little time to raise the funds to pay the lender. Bankruptcy is a last option for any home owner. Eventually bankruptcy will come about when they are totally unable to satisfy their lenders’ commitments. With bankruptcy, some non-secured debt will probably be dismissed but the loan on the house will remain. The home owner has to be able to repay the real estate loan inside the allotted time frame as the debt is guaranteed by real property. Additionally, chapter thirteen bankruptcy has a schedule of fees that is court ordered, that will permit the borrower make payments on her mortgage to get up to date on their balance.

Before the home owner can file for bankruptcy, they must meet the conditions. If they do qualify, there will be legal fees to pay. Possibly, it might cost the borrower more in legal fees than if they were to simply knuckle down and clear the backlog of payments owed. If you know somebody that is considering that filing for bankruptcy will be a benefit to the problem, a good attorney will likely be able to answer any questions you have. Simply put, bankruptcy is very detailed, the home owner really should not attempt to do it on their own.

This article contains general information that perhaps is not pertinent in any or all United States. This is not legal advice. We make no representation that this article constitutes legal advice.

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