We purchased our home in XXXX XXXX. Purchase price was $ XXXX. We were persuaded to use a XXXX interest only loan from our mortgage broker with Wachovia Bank ( now Wells Fargo ). The interest only loan is at a rate of 7.125 % ( Balance as of XXXX XXXX {$260000.00} ) and the home equity loan is at a rate of 9.34 % ( Balance as of XXXX XXXX {$61000.00} ). We have reached out to Wells Fargo several times in the last couple years to refinance and was told that since our home is underwater they could not help. In XXXX XXXX we had a baby girl and around the same time my husbands career permanently changed and caused a reduction of monthly gross income of $ XXXX per month. During that time we used up all assets including liquidating my IRA to cover monthly expenses. In XXXX XXXX we reached out to Wells Fargo seeking assistance to modify our home loans. 

At this point we 've asked them to combine both loans into XXXX new 30 year mortgage that we can afford and keep our home. 
