What Can a Foreclosure Lawyer Do For You?

Foreclosure laws vary state by state and if you are facing the prospect of losing your home to the bank, you need to consult with a foreclosure lawyer to find out what your rights are in your particular state. It may be possible for a foreclosure lawyer to help negotiate a better payment arrangement with the bank or lender to help get you current on your loan and make your future payments easier to handle.

As much as you don't want to lose your home, the banks don't want to take your home either. The tide of home foreclosures has crippled the banking system, with few banks able to keep up with or even process the massive wave of homes that have come into their possession.

In normal times, most lenders saw less than five percent of homes go into foreclosure and at this slow rate of movement, most banks could process a home going back into their coffers at an effective rate.

Fast forward to the post-recession era with the sudden spike of unemployment and the new foreclosure rates almost crippling the banks as they try to process the paperwork and take possession of these homes and you have a recipe for disaster. The process to repossess a home and the thick layers of red tape in the process however are almost an insurmountable mountain to overcome and you have probably already experienced the lack of common sense in trying to deal with a lender who may have sold your loan a multitude of times to a new lender who may be in another state, making any type of long distance discussion more impersonal and frustrating.

A foreclosure lawyer may be able to aid you in keeping your home by cutting through the red tape and dealing directly with the person
that has the ability and power to help you on the lenders end.

In a worst case scenario if you are not able to come to terms to keep your home, you may at least be able to negotiate your terms to leave the home. Many lenders are paying for the home's keys to ensure that the former home owner will leave the property intact, undamaged and whole. This allows the home owner to have enough time and money to leave the home and guarantees the lender the best chance at successfully taking possession of a trouble free home and it may be the only viable solution that works for both parties.
It is also important to understand how a home foreclosure will affect your credit both now and down the road ten years. Can your lender come after you for the unpaid balance when the economy improves? Can you ever buy a home again with this on your credit? These are the types of questions a foreclosure lawyer can help you answer so that you can go forward, armed with the information you need to make the best decisions for your future credit.