The 700 billion Wall Street Bailout was approved by the House on Friday, and the President stamped his firm on the same day; the question now is: how will the Bailout impact homeowners who are facing the possibility of foreclosure?

The Government will buy out the bad mortgages from the banks; this will in turn help homeowners facing foreclosure, as the Government then will intend to keep the homeowners in their homes.

Here is where the problem comes; there is a new Bill that US Congress passed In July, it is called the New Housing Rescue Law, and was supposed to come into effect in October 2nd, which was signed before this financial crisis came to light.

It is not clear if the Government will work with homeowners through the housing bill that was signed back in July in which each loan will have to be underwritten by an FHA lender on a case-by-case basis. That means the banks would verify income statements, bank accounts, job histories and credit scores. It is going to be as if you are applying for a new loan.

According to the original bill, you will have to meet all credit criteria to qualify. For the Lenders is a voluntary program, so if the original lender agrees to the write-down, a new lender buys the old loan and takes over the reworked mortgage, and again it all will depend how this financial crisis evolve. There is a predetermined cost for borrowers to bear. Loan origination fees will vary by lender, but these can usually be paid by the borrower over the life of the loan in the form of a slightly higher interest rate.

The refinanced loans do come with many strings, so the homeowners must understand what they are getting into. For one thing, borrowers are responsible for paying a lifetime insurance premium to the FHA, which will be 1.5% of the principal annually. For example, if your home is value at $250,000, you will promise to pay to the FHA an annual fee of $3,750.00. That is on top of whatever you are already paying for Home Insurance Home taxes, which is abusive, I think.

Homeowners also agree to share any profits from future home-price appreciation with the FHA. To do that, you, as a borrower will pay a 3% exit fee of the mortgage principal to the FHA when you resell or refinance anytime in the future. This means, if you later sell your home for 275,000, you will have to pay to the FHA a total of $8,250.00, just for the exit fee. But it gets worst.

You as a homeowner will agree to pay the FHA 100% of any profits you realize from higher home prices if you sell or refinance within a year. If you sell your house anytime in the future, not matter how many years from now; you will have to pay to the FHA a minimum of 50% of your profit.

With the financial crisis that we are facing right now, is up in the air how, if ever, this new help release program will be implemented as it was written, but the fact is that no matter what is going to happen, the fact is that you need to fight foreclosure and hold on to your home now more than ever, because that is the only way that you may take advantage of any help program that may be available in the future. To learn more make sure you visit my Website.