An Attorney To Fight Foreclosure

Economic volatility in the last few decades has put a large number of people behind in their mortgage payments or sent their homes “under water” through no fault of their own. Homeowners often struggle to find a way to stay in their homes, viewing the foreclosure process as leading to an inevitable loss of their homes. You may have other options and I can help you explore them.

Options When Faced With Foreclosure

Through my legal practice at Andrew M. Cagen, Attorney at Law, in Pawtucket, I offer foreclosure prevention services to clients throughout Rhode Island. I can help you to obtain:

• Mortgage modification. Lenders generally do not want to foreclose and will consider a modification of your mortgage, which may reduce the interest rate and sometime reduce the principal balance. Seeking a modification can be a difficult and bureaucratic process and my firm can help navigate it.
• Short sale agreement. Many homes have mortgage balances in excess of what they are worth, which makes selling them very difficult. My firm will help you obtain a short-sale agreement, in which the lender agrees to accept the net sales price in exchange for a discharge of your mortgage. There are many legal issues in short sales, such as whether you are going to be liable for the balance of the mortgage and whether you are going to owe income taxes on any balance that is “forgiven.” My office will advise you on these issues and attempt to obtain a resolution favorable to you.
• Superior Court relief. Sometimes homeowners have legal defenses to foreclosure. My office will review your mortgage, promissory note and other documents to determine whether you have such defenses and, if necessary, seek injunctive relief in Superior Court to stop the foreclosure.

Let Me Fight For You

I can help you to prevent a foreclosure prevention matter or other type of case. Please contact me online or by telephone at 401-400-3822 or 800-514-9346 toll free.