Tens of thousands of financially strapped homeowners who have asked lenders to lower their mortgage payments are instead winding up with higher monthly payments and larger debts on their homes.
Homeowners who were hoping for lower payments are discovering to their dismay that lenders roll late fees, back taxes or other costs into the principal, sometimes turning a difficult payment into an impossible one. That is one reason that many reworked mortgages are sliding back into default.
It’s too early to know if this pattern will continue under the Obama administration’s $75 billion initiative to get lenders to reduce monthly payments for homeowners struggling to make their mortgages.
Read the full article at USAToday.
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