<prompt> Human: My husband ran into tax problems last year and a lien was put on our primary mortgage we also own an income property. We paid the lien off immediately. Because the lien is on his credit, even though it shows as paid, we are getting declined by all A-lenders to remortgage. Our mortgage is up in December. Between the two of us, we make over 200Kyear. We have over 500K in equity on our houses. We want to remortgage and pull out 150K. Does anyone have any advice on how to remove the lien from our credit report or any advice on what we can do. This is so frustrating!  <response>: Nope there is nothing you can do. Youre probably stuck with the lien on the credit report for a while. These lenders look at this and say Wow they couldnt even pay there taxes on time...how do we know theyll pay us on time??. I absolutely agree that it is RIDICULOUS that someone wont give you a mortgage with 500k equity as collateral. Unless this is like a 40 million dollar home the chain of events that would have to happen for someone to lose money on your mortgage involve a global war and wide spread famine. 