You may think it is impossible to get home loans after foreclosure and/or bankruptcy, and those two big financial pitfalls can indeed be difficult to climb out of. However, it is still possible to get home loans after foreclosure and bankruptcy. Lenders will not loan funds too soon after you file bankruptcy or lose your home to foreclosure, but after a certain amount of time, you will probably be able to get a loan again.
The bankruptcy laws in the United States recently underwent radical changes; in 2005, the new laws went into effect. Those new regulations made it much more difficult for an individual person to file a chapter 7 bankruptcy, and even if it has been twenty or thirty years since you filed bankruptcy, it is nearly impossible to declare bankruptcy a second time.
This fact makes some lenders see you as a viable option for a new loan. They know you will not be able to file bankruptcy again. They know you have little or no debt after the bankruptcy. Therefore, your chances of being able to start fresh and make your payments on time are pretty good.
Plus, no matter how they feel about your ability to repay the loan, they are able to justify...