So from what I understand, the people who have an easy time reconfiguring their home loans with the bank are:
1) Those that were not the most affected by the housing market crash as they are still ahead on their loans (have equity)
2) Those that are not managing to pay on-time everytime (not 'performing' as you put it).
But, if you have been affected a bit by the housing market crash / economy and as such are in a situation where you owe more than your house is worth, and have still managed to pay your payments on-time everytime (performing) then forget about it?

sucks, guess I'll just stay where I'm at if that ends up being the case.
Gotcha, thanks