On April 28, 2009, the Treasury Department announced expansion of the Making Home Affordable Program to help reduce payments on second mortgages.
The Obama Administration took this action because as many as 50% of all at-risk borrowers have second mortgages and without modifying them the borrowers remain at a higher risk of default.
Under the Second Lien Program, if the servicer initiates a Home Affordable Modification on the first mortgage, participating servicers will automatically reduce payment on the second lien in accordance with complex, but uniform, program criteria.
As an alternative, servicers may extinguish the second lien in exchange for receiving a lump sum payment.Treasury Department Press Release on Modifying Second Mortgages under the Making Home Affordable Program >Second Lien Program Fact Sheet >Second Lien Program Case Examples >Contacts: Jeff Lischer, 202-383-1117 Contacts: Tony Hutchinson, 202-383-1120
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