We have what seems to be a unique situation. Due to a serious medical issue we got behind on our mortgage and exhausted much of our savings. My husband and I are over XXXX. I am XXXX and he is XXXX. We decided to pursue a reverse mortgage and were approved ; however, the reverse mortgage is less than the principle balance, accrued interest, penalties and fees. We have asked Bank of America to accept the reverse mortgage and we can bring approximately {$10000.00} cash to closing to cover the principle. We provided all of the HAMP documentation to their liking and they are telling us that they can not take a settlement. They also tell us that if we were asking for a short sale they would be able to do this. This does not make sense because if they foreclose and do a short sale they will get less than if they accept our proposal. Is there anything you can do to help us? We have until XXXX to get this closed otherwise the reverse mortgage will expire and with the new rules the XXXX, XXXX, has told us that we will not qualify. 
