Many people trying to buy a
home after a short sale find it difficult to navigate through loan programs that they may be eligible for and various waiting periods that may be applicable.
Despite these requirements from many lenders, there are circumstances in which a veteran can get another loan within a
year after a short sale occurs.
For example if the listing agent allows you to do a home inspection
after short sale approval do you really think they have any clue what they are doing?
I certainly can not understand why a any seller would want a home inspection to be
done after short sale approval.
Depending on which lending institution you ask you will receive different time - frames allowed to purchase
again after a short sale or foreclosure.
For example if the listing agent allows you to do a home
inspection after short sale approval do you really think they have any clue what they are doing?
The truth is there is no way to know exactly what will happen to the credit
scores after a short sale or foreclosure, since each credit profile is different and unique.
To qualify for a
loan after a short sale, borrowers will need to rebuild credit during the two - year waiting period and show why the original short sale process occurred.
For a conventional loan, you'll need to wait four
years after a short sale and seven years after a foreclosure in order for a lender to consider your loan application.
Leaving the purchase and sale signing date
until after short sale approval ~ You are either going to purchase the home or you aren't.
Leaving the purchase and sale signing date until
after short sale approval ~ You are either going to purchase the home or you aren't.
I certainly can not understand why a any seller would want a home inspection to be
done after short sale approval.
That means borrowers who meet the credit, income and other requirements for any VA purchase loan could look to buy again
right after a short sale.
So in short, a prospective homeowner can buy
after short sale with FHA right away (and VA) if there are no late payments and other nuanced conditions are met, after one year using the FHA Back to Work program and after 3 years if there are late payments on the mortgage and / or installment debt and qualifications aren't met for the previous two options.
For seller's, should they go into default solely for the sake of getting a short approved, they will forfeit their chance to be eligible for buying a home
after a short sale using FHA financing for 3 years (or 1 year if they qualify for the FHA Back to Work program).
Federal guidelines permit you to buy another home immediately
after a short sale if you were never more than 30 days behind on payment, with certain other restrictions.
I've heard that it may be possible to buy FHA home the
day after a short sale (in theory) if no payments were missed on short sale.
In California, you can only do
so after a short sale, but remain liable for the debts after a foreclosure sale.
* note that if the sale is not negotiated correctly, the seller may have to pay tax liability (1099), or even a promissory
note after a short sale is complete.
While it will take about 24 months to see a positive change in your
credit after a short sale, you can help your credit by doing the following:
It's important to know not just the federal rules but what's going on in your state, Thompson says, because a variety of state statutes have been enacted to address foreclosure processing improprieties, taxation of mortgage debt forgiveness, and liability for deficiency
balances after a short sale or foreclosure.
While a foreclosure looks slightly worse, with the time and effort you have to put in to keep you home in sale ready condition, the potential pitfalls of owing the balance of the mortgage
anyway after the short sale, as well as the potential tax consequences, it might be worth it to simply let the home go into foreclosure and walk away.
They can provide them with valuable information about the effects on their credit, tips for
rebounding after the short sale and how and when they can buy again in the future.
Then they learn that Fannie Mae will back a loan for
someone after a short sale after 2 years with a 10 percent down payment if there are «extenuating circumstances.»
Robert supports the consumer view in which banks should not be able to reclaim deficiency payments after a short sale