Will New Second Lien Holder Rules Help Short Sales?

On Friday Bank of America agreed to work with the federal government on their second lien holder plan in the HAMP program. This means that they will start to work with mortgage companies who hold the first mortgage on properties in loan modification deals. Reducing the second mortgage payment can help a lot of homeowners qualify under the governments criteria that they only pay 31% of their gross income to housing. Just as importantly for us it may signal the beginning of better relationships between banks on short sales. Maybe this is finally our chance to get both of them to play nice and get our smoking hot short sale deals where there are two lien holders approved!