FHA Secure Refinancing Program was designed specifically to assist homeowners with preventive financing measures to prevent home foreclosures resulting from loan payment defaulting . Many consumers in all 50 states are struggling with the recently adjusted mortgage payment.
FHA secure refinance offer refinancing exceptions for borrowers with a good payment history prior to adjustable rate changes.
The U.S. government and the Housing of Urban Development have moved fast to help consumers with adjustable-rate mortgages have a solution when their loan resets to higher interest rates and their payments skyrocket. "To help these families stay in their homes, FHA will allow families with strong credit histories who had been making timely mortgage payments before their loans reset - but are now in default - to qualify for refinancing."
FHA refinancing is easy to qualify for because bad credit is allowed and borrowers do not have to have the 80 or 90% loan to value requirements that most conventional lenders require.
Home refinancing rates for FHA loans remains at record low levels. FHA lenders are reporting competitive and comparable to conventional Fannie Mae mortgage rates.