pnut58 asked:


My husband and I bought a manufactured home back in 2001. Unfortunately, we were very inexperienced and did not understand that having money down at closing was so important. At the time, we also had bad credit, but the dealer was determined to sign us. We ended up buying down 7 points and rolling it into the cost of the loan along with the other closing costs in order to lower our interest rate into something we could afford. It was lowered from 12.5% to 10.75%. We have always made timely payments for the last 6 years, but would like to refinance to get the incredibly high interest rate down. Our current lender says that 10.75% is their lowest rate, and our credit union won’t finance due to the negative equity. The house is appraised at $81,000 and we still owe $92,000 on the loan. I’ve heard that there are loans available for 125% of a home’s value, but not if it’s manufactured. Does anyone know of any alternatives or have any useful suggestions to help us?
Also, just to clarify, the house is attached to a permanent foundation on a piece of land that my husband and I own.

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?Sweet? asked:


My husband and I bought a home from my husband’s former employer for $160,000. The home appraised at $140,000. The employer co-signed and put up a $20,000 CD as collateral. We didn’t have good credit and had to pay some things off, so the employer did that for us, so we owed him money. We paid him back with the loan, but now we have to refinance the home come January and we have not been able to afford to do any improvements on the home, and It will not appraise at what we owe on it. No one is willing to refinance 100% because of the negative equity, and I don’t have the $15,000 plus closing costs to pay the differece. Not sure what will happen if we don’t get refinanced. Can’t sell either I would assume. Any suggestions?
Payments have always been on time. We can afford the payments. That has never been a problem. At the time, it seemed they were doing a nice thing for us. I’ve never bought a home before, and we were living in a mobile home that was older than dirt and falling apart, and I was desperate to get out of it. I had no idea this would come back to bite me in the ***. Seemed at the time they were doing us a favor, but now I see they took advantage of our bad situation. Of course I never would have agreed to do this if I had known that we would end up in a situation like this.
This is what was written about the CD:
AGREEMENT REGARDING PLEDGE OF COLLATERAL AND GUARANTEE

“Bank” is lending the necessary proceeds to “buyers” to purchase said property on the condition that the loan is guaranteed by the “seller”, and on the condition that a Certificate of Deposit owned by “seller” is pledged as collateral for said loan.
It is hereby agreed and stipulated by and between said parties as follows: 1. To the extent that “sellers” are required to pay any amounts based on the guarantee, or on the pledge of additional collateral in the form of a CD, they shall be entitled to a n assignment of whatever security is held by the “bank” for the amount of said payment. 2. Any assignment made by virtue of paragraph 1, shall be subordinate to any remaining interest held by “bank”. 3. If “sellers” are required to pay any amounts on the mortgage bu virtue of their guarantee, they shall be in the same position by virtue of the assignment as the “bank” and would then own all the

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fabguy4fn12 asked:


My ex wife lives in the house we owned when we were married. Since the divorce, she had to refinance the mortgage due to financial difficulties. Right now I believe she owes more than the house is worth on the open market. She still has financial difficulties having a large amount of debt in addition to the mortgage. Does she have any options in trying to rid herself of this house to move into a smaller, more affordable one? If she sells the house at a loss, is she required to repay the difference back to the bank or mortgage holder immediately? What options might exist for her to rid herself of debt besides bankruptcy?

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