Facing End of Forbearance? You’ve Got Options

Lenders will work with you to keep you in your home, but you have to contact them

Some homeowners will soon come to the end of their 18-month mortgage forbearance period, and borrowers affected by the pandemic will have to figure out how to repay their lenders for back payments. Fortunately, most loan servicers don’t want to foreclose, and they offer several repayment options than can help keep borrowers in their homes.

Who qualifies?

If the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. (Freddie Mac) or the Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) owns your mortgage — and they do for about 80 percent of all mortgages — it may have temporarily suspended your payments for up to 18 months. Congress specified no deadline for applying for coronavirus-related forbearance from either of the two mortgage giants, although their regulator, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has set a Sept. 30, 2021, deadline. If your loan is insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; the Department of Agriculture; or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the deadline for requesting an initial forbearance is also Sept. 30.

Your first step should always be to contact your loan servicer. You can check online to see if Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae owns your mortgage:

Remember, it’s not loan forgiveness; it’s loan forbearance. You and the servicer agree to temporarily reduce or suspend mortgage payments, and the servicer agrees not to foreclose during that time. You will still owe principal and interest on the payments you missed.

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