Your
loan can be sold at any time. There is a secondary mortgage market
in which lenders frequently buy and sell pools of mortgages. This
secondary mortgage market results in lower rates for consumers.
A lender buying your loan assumes all terms and conditions of
the original loan. As a result, the only thing that changes when
a loan is sold is to whom you mail your payment. If your loan
has been sold, your existing lender will notify you that your
loan has been sold, who your new lender is, and where you should
send your payments from now on.
If
your lender goes out of business, you are still obligated to make
payments! Typically, loans owned by a lender going out of business
are sold to another lender. The lender purchasing your loan is
obligated to honor the terms and conditions of the original loan.
Therefore, if your lender goes out of business, it makes little
difference with regards to your loan payments. In some cases,
there may be a gap between the date of your lender's going out
of business and the date that a new lender purchases your loan.
In such a situation, continue making payments to your old lender
until you are asked to make payments to your new lender.