Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Obama Refi Plan

The 'Making Home Affordable' program is more commonly called 'The Obama Refi Plan'

The Making Home Affordable program is officially official. Mortgage lenders are now processing applications and paperwork for the help-the-homeowner plan often referred to as "The Obama Plan".

Because Making Home Affordable is a new program, there have been a lot of questions about how it works, who is eligible, and how to apply for a Making Home Affordable refinance.

What follows is a collection of questions and answers from my clients, the press, plus other things I think you should know.

Of primary importance -- first -- are two points:

  1. Only Fannie Mae- and Freddie Mac-backed loans are eligible for The Obama Plan
  2. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac use different sets of refinancing rules

Be forewarned. In some respects, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are like the National League and the American League -- it's the same game, but with different rules. Or, maybe a NFL / CFL comparison is more apropos.

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