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If you go delinquent on your second mortgage, the lender can foreclose on your house and property. The foreclosure process varies from state to state, but generally takes from two to 18 months depending on the terms of your loan and your state of residence. However, normally if mortgage payments are not received within 150 days, the bank can proceed with the foreclosure process. The second mortgage would be repaid after the first mortgage is paid in full.

If the sale price is less than the value of the mortgages held against it, then in some states you could still owe an unsecured balance called a deficiency balance. The good news is that this new deficiency balance (if it exists and if your lenders pursue it) is an unsecured debt that you could conceivably enroll into a debt settlement program. I will explain more about the consequences of being in default on a second mortgage in just a moment.

In some cases, it may be impossible to make any payments at all for some time. For those who have a good record with the lender, a “forbearance plan” will allow them to suspend payments or make reduced payments for a specified length of time. In most cases the length of the plan will not exceed 18 months and will stipulate commencement of foreclosure action if the borrower defaults on the agreement.

Foreclosure is a serious situation that has serious repercussions. If you can, you want to avoid a foreclosure as much at all costs. Bills.com is here to help. We also offer helpful guides, foreclosure FAQs, glossary terms, and other helpful tools to help you keep your home and avoid a bank repossession.

Research on the lifestyles of contemporary families has found that today’s older generations are spending the largest amounts of financial resources on adult children. Grown children in many families still stay at home, or are moving back in with the parents because of the lower financial capabilities of the former, and the higher spending power of the latter. Adult children are mainly having trouble setting out on their own due to factors such as the prevalence of high prices of housing and the significant increases in the costs of education, while the relative monetary stability their parents possess enable this cohabitation. Experts also state that this type of lifestyle will become more customary as the baby boomer generation enters mid-life over the coming years.

The cost of education, specifically, contributes to adults having difficulties in moving out and living on their own. Over the past two decades, even the yearly cost of a four-year course in a public college has doubled, while the prices of housing in the same time span have tripled or quadrupled on the average. Overall, the value of the dollar did not even reach double in these two decades, giving rise to the disjoint in resources and capabilities between the two generations. Now, adult children are unable to purchase their first homesteads while their parents, the baby boomers, have much more money to spare.

In spite of the increased spending power of today’s parents, the costs of helping out their adult children are proving to be detrimental to the former’s retirement plans and funding. Some surveys have also determined that the accumulated aid baby boomers give their offspring affect the retirement savings of the latter negatively, although a huge percentage of these parents are unaware of how much they actually spend on children who have moved back home.