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March 11th, 2011The Cost of Walking Away From Your Upside-Down Mortgage
February 15th, 2011Owing more on your mortgage than your home is worth (being upside-down on your mortgage) & continuing to make the payments, may seem like a bad investment. But the alternative-choosing to default on your mortgage even if you can afford the monthly payments-will take a significant toll on your credit rating. This is called “strategic defaulting & is increasing in frequency in some parts of our country where property values are decreasing.
While it may seem like a good idea to simply stop paying and walk away from a bad investment, keep these factors in mind when you consider strategic default.
- The default will remain on your credit report for seven years. Since credit scores are based on information in your credit report, the foreclosure will greatly impact your credit scores during those seven years. Securing other credit at reasonable terms and rates will be difficult, if not impossible, during that time.
- Potential lenders aren’t the only ones looking at credit reports these days. Insurers, employers and even cell phone companies are considering the credit worthiness of those who want to do business with them. By impacting your credit report, a strategic default may affect your ability to get a job, secure insurance and enter into important service contracts.
- Fannie Mae, the government-controlled mortgage giant, announced policy changes that will make you ineligible for a new Fannie-Mae-backed mortgage if you walk away from a current mortgage that you actually could afford to pay. This ineligibility will last for seven years from the date of foreclosure.
- In some cases, the debt that foreclosure “erases” may be recorded as income, which means you will have to pay taxes on it.
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