Late With Your Home Payments? Why You Should Call Your Lender Right Now

Miami Herald, Dec. 7, 2025-Lew Sichelman
The strain on every homeowner’s pocketbook is showing up in all the usual places. The typical indicators of homeowner financial stress — mortgage delinquencies and foreclosure filings — are rising across the land. Late payments across all credit tiers — auto loans, credit cards, personal loans — are increasing, too, even among the most creditworthy.

So what should a homeowner do to save their house when they land in dire financial straits? For starters, don’t hold your head in the sand, hoping that your lender won’t discover you’ve missed a payment or two. As soon as you think you might fall behind on payments, be proactive and call your lender. Most people don’t.

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