Monday, September 24, 2007

Bankruptcy Home Equity Loan Choices

Many who file for bankruptcy use home equity in their settlement arrangement. Bankruptcy does not remove any liens on a home such as a mortgage. But if there is more home equity built up than is required to cover the loan, it is an asset that can be tapped into for needed cash in accordance with the rules of the type of bankruptcy a person has filed.
Bankruptcy is a legal proceeding where a debtor declares an inability to pay debts as they become due. Since the Bankruptcy Abuse Protection and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, personal bankruptcy filings for the year ending June 30, 2006, fell 9.46 percent to 1,453,008.
The two most popular bankruptcy options are:
Chapter 7 - Its purpose is to achieve a fair distribution of the debtor’s available non-exempt View the rest of this article


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