Our mortgage modification was denied by our servicer Bank of America ( BOA ). We checked with XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX through XXXX and they confirmed that we are clearly qualified under the HAMP but BOA still denied us. In their denial letter BOA did not even consider the PRA that we requested. In the same letter BOA states that we are approved for Short Sale and they will release their mortgage lien on our property even though they will accept proceeds that are less than the amount we owe. They say that they are willing to accept a lower amount in a short sale but not reduce our principal in order for us to be able to afford and continue to stay in our home. 
Our mortgage is not owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae or XXXX XXXX. 
We owe more than our home is worth. ( We owe {$480000.00}, the property is worth {$260000.00} ) We occupy the house as our primary residence. 
We obtained our mortgage on or before XXXX XXXX, XXXX. ( Origination date XXXX/XXXX/XXXX ) Our mortgage payment is more than 31 percent of our gross ( pre-tax ) monthly income. ( Current mortgage payment {$1600.00}, our monthly gross income is {$3500.00} ) We owe up to {$720000.00} on our XXXX mortgage. ( We currently owe {$480000.00} ) We have a financial hardship and are delinquent in mortgage payments. 
We provided sufficient, documented income to support the modified payment. 
We have not been convicted within the last 10 years of felony larceny, theft, fraud or forgery, money laundering or tax evasion, in connection with a mortgage or real estate transaction. 
We even reduced the homeowners and windstorm insurance on our property in order to reduce our escrow but BOA still is refusing the modification. 
Our loan was originated by Countrywide Home Loans and then in XXXX it was assigned to XXXX as XXXX for XXXX XXXX CWALT Inc ( certificate Series XXXX ). CWALT is Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust. So no one knows who the real investor/owner of our loan is and BOA is our loan servicer who is refusing to modify our mortgage which may force us to loose our home. Up to date we paid to BOA over {$250000.00} for our {$460000.00} mortgage loan and according to their statements we still owe them {$480000.00}. We also understood that BOA is fully capable of internally modifying mortgages up to 25 percent of net monthly income as well as offering substantial principal reduction. 
