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Failed loan mod? Try again

By Tara-Nicholle Nelson, Thursday, March 11, 2010.
Flickr photo by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/phobia/2308371224">hans.gerwitz</a>.

Q: I worked with an attorney and applied for a loan modification. After about six months of making no payments, the bank gave me a three-month trial modification with a lower payment under the Making Home Affordable program.

I made all three payments on time, and have continued to make the reduced payment for the four months since the trial modification ended. I have called the bank dozens of times over the last four months, and they kept saying that the modification was still being reviewed.

I just got a letter in the mail saying that the modification was declined because my "income documentation was insufficient"! What do I do now?  more...

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