Okay, explain how someone who is upside-down actually benefits from refinancing into a mortgage which reduces the rate of principle reduction //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif So refinancing their mortgage into a product that actually causes the principle balance to stay significantly higher and for a much longer period of time is supposed to help someone who already has negative equity //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif
And why is any other conventional mortgage product irrelevant //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/confused.gif.e820e0216602db4765798ac39d28caa9.gif There are certainly many other options available to lenders as a part of loss mitigation than the horribly idiotic idea of a 50yr mortgage......
But ofcourse, someone trying to sell a product either ignores this, or is simply a salesman and actually quite ignorant about the financial industry.
You appear to fall into the later group.......
And you have yet to explain your comment;
"These programs want you to pay your principle down."
Upside-down or not....a 50yr mortgage does not accomplish this goal as you mistakenly attribute to it.