Mortgage lenders are facing a rather steep learning curve right now as the struggle to keep up with loan modifications and other programs instituted by the government in the hopes that foreclosures can be prevented. MarketWatch reports on the challenges faced by mortgage lenders right now:

Most mortgage lenders have always had some form of loan-workout program for troubled borrowers. But those programs were relatively small, and in the boom times were in slight demand since rising home prices and a brisk sales market made getting out from under an onerous loan relatively easy. So when the bust first hit, there wasn’t much that could get done.

For the most part, mortgage lenders were not ready for the influx of mortgage related issues. Some mortgage lenders have managed to pull it together and modify loans and find other solutions to mounting foreclosures, but many are still struggling to put proper systems in place and work out qualifications and other issues.

For homeowners looking for loan modification and other solutions to a possible foreclosure, it means a certain amount of patience, and the realization that it my take some time to work things out.