Summary: Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast Tom Dziubek speaks with Gerri Detweiler, personal finance expert at Credit.com, about her series of articles dealing with underwater mortgages. Gerri goes into detail about each of the six options including home loan refinances & modifications, doing a short sale and declaring bankruptcy. Consumerism Commentary Podcast #125 Underwater Mortgages: S05E21 / 149 jQuery(document).ready(function($) { $('#wp_mep_46').mediaelementplayer({ m:1 ,features: ['playpause','current','progress','duration','volume','tracks','fullscreen'] ,audioWidth:400,audioHeight:30 }); }); Download – RSS – iTunes Table of contents [00:00] Introduction from Tom Dziubek [00:35] Interview with Gerri Detweiler – [00:46] The criteria for someone to be considered “underwater” – [02:19] Stay and pay – [04:43] Emergency home owner loans – [05:20] Refinancing a mortgage & the HARP program – [06:52] Home loan modification & the HAMP program – [09:16] The popularity of home modifications – [11:38] Short sales – [13:59] Cancellation of debt and its affect on your income taxes – [16:21] Walking away from a mortgage – [19:59] Declaring bankruptcy – [22:37] Misconceptions about bankruptcy – [23:43] Credit rating recovery after a bankruptcy [27:20] End We always welcome feedback from listeners. If you have any comments for this episode or for any other, or if you have suggestions for future episodes, please leave us comments here or email us at podcast at this domain name. Theme music by Mindcube. Podcast 125: Underwater Mortgages is a post from Consumerism Commentary. New to Consumerism Commentary? Start here.
