Answer #1
The trustor or mortgage holder needs to repay a delinquent portion of a loan
as a result of impending default, foreclosure, bankruptcy, REO, and so on. Before
a foreclosure or bankruptcy occurs after a one or two months default, a repayment
plan may be proposed to the delinquent mortgage holder by a loss mitigation
specialist to satisfy the amount owed to a bank or lender. Loss mitigation
may prevent foreclosure or bankruptcy.
The loss mitigation specialist can be a real estate agent or broker, bank officer,
attorney, paralegal, or anyone that has been trained and has experience with
a loss mitigation business opportunity. Loss mitigation specialists should be
investigated by the consumer regarding prerequisite experience, knowledge of
repayment plans, and experience in dealing with banks and lenders. Knowledge
of real estate financing and laws, good communication skills, and so on, is
essential in being effective.
As mentioned above, loss mitigation is the act of lessening the mortgage holder's
risk of foreclosure. A loss mitigation specialist can propose several plans
or strategies to the bank or lender to put the loan back in good graces. Many
banks and lenders want to avoid the foreclosure process since,
on average, both homeowner and lender stand to lose tens of thousands of dollars.
It's much more equitable if a "meeting of the minds" can occur to agree on a
repayment strategy in which both homeowner and lender can benefit.
Another tool available to the homeowner was the filing of a Chapter 7 or 13
bankruptcy. This would automatically "stop" or "stay"
a foreclosure from occurring. But since the new inception of bankruptcy laws,
this process no longer exits for the homeowner or mortgage holder.
The foreclosure loss mitigation specialist can provide multiple strategies
for fulfilling loan repayments depending on the type of loan debt or delinquency.
He or she can provide a loss mitigation business opportunity for a prospective
buyer or investor. Let's identify and define some the ways a homeowner may become
delinquent in paying off his or her mortgage.
Currently, it seems like almost anybody can get a mortgage loan. Historically,
monthly mortgage loan payments consumed about 25% to 30% of a wage earner's
paycheck. Today, it's more like 50% to 60% of a person's income
every month that goes toward paying off a mortgage. But since real estate prices
have gone up almost exponentially over the past few years, house appreciation
has offset this income to debt ratio.
Creative loans and financing in its several forms blast the airwaves. No money
down, first-time buyers, 80/20 programs, and others, exploit the uninformed.
Many people who live paycheck to paycheck are ignorant that these programs contain
risky repayment or interest rate schemes that come due sooner than later. A
temporary loss of a job or a hardship illness can quickly push the homeowner
into mortgage delinquency.
The loss mitigation specialist can go to the bank or lender
and state his client's case. He can propose repayment plans
to fit both his client's and the lender's needs. Time is key. All key parties
should act expeditiously to find resolution before a loan default occurs. Either
the homeowner knows about loss mitigation and seeks debt relief in a timely
manner, or the loss mitigation specialist is versed at seeing signs of foreclosure
in his proximity to the real estate market and acts on them.
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Answer #2
Historically a Loss Mitigation Specialist works for the bank, typically in the Loss Mitigation Department. These were newly created only 20 or so years ago. They were designed to help nonpeforming assets become performing ones. This way the lender could make their porfolio of loans to a Senior Investor look good.
A Loss Mitigation Specialist is commonly referred to as a Loss Mitigator. These people can handle Short Sales, Foreclosures, Forebearances, Loan Modifications, Repayments, Deed-in-Lieu etc.
However, some people are not aware that Investors that work with preforeclosure or foreclosure clients may also have a "Loss Mitigation Department" and hire Loss Mitigation Specialists to work with lenders.
The term "mitigation" seemly means to mitigate or "control or manage" a certain loss amount. So... although commonly known for only banks to hire, Loss Mitigation Specialists can be anyone assisting in the controling of loss for the asset in question. This is usually found working in the short sale investing arena.
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