Not exact matches
It's similar to why a
bank will
accept a
short sale to avoid foreclosure when someone's mortgage debt is no longer manageable.
A
short sale is when a
bank will
accept an offer on a house that is less than what the current owner owes on the property.
This type of
short sale means that the
bank will forgive the remainder of the debt on the mortgage and
accept the
sale of the home for less.
However a
bank will be less likely to
accept a
short sale offer for the
sale if the offer price is lower than its BPO.
In order for the
bank to
accept a
short sale deal, the lender must see some potential gain in granting a
short sale; so technically, not everyone can qualify.
A
short sale occurs when a
bank accepts the
sale of a property at an amount less than what is owed.
A
short sale, in which the lender
accepts less money than it is owed, provides a win - win - win for the buyer,
bank, and even the seller.
The problem with
short sales is that the real estate agents will
accept multiple offers and submit all the offers to the
bank.
With a lot of agents in our area not wanting to show «
short sale» listings I use this offer to get from the
bank what they will really
accept and then can market the home with an approved value.
We put an offer in on a
short sale, the
bank counter and we accpted the counter we are waiting on the
bank sign off on the offer we
accepted how long do we have to wait.
Also, keep in mind that, if the
bank «
accepts» less, there is less tax benefit to them than to just foreclosure, hence another layer as to why
short sales are tough to get approved.
The sooner the
bank gets that money from the
short sale, the sooner they
accept the net proceeds from the
short sale transaction, the sooner they can take those funds, invest them in something else, and realize the time value of money that we get from interest.
In a
short sale the seller (the owner of the property) not the
bank decides who to sell the property to or whom to
accept a contract from with (secondary) the approval of the
bank.
We dropped the price of the home since our
bank would
accept a
short sale to the cost of the loan.
If that is the case, consider seeing if the
bank will
accept a
short sale, in which the
bank takes the proceeds of the
sale — even though they are less than what you owe — and considers it payment in full for your mortgage debt.
There could also be some tax ramifications so be sure to check with a tax specialist.With a
short sale, the
bank agrees to
accept less than the balance owed and MAY forgive any deficiency — also, you keep ownership of the property.
Almost all my listed deals since the investor market has gotten much more competitive have been
short sale deals where the seller
accepted (and
bank ultimately) approved a price that was much less (15 - 30 % I'd say) than the list price.
Tip: Be sure you contact the
bank's loss mitigation department, which will be the group to decide whether to
accept a
short sale, rather than the collection or customer service department, which is only interested in recouping past due loan payments.
A Loxahatchee
short sale is when you negotiate an agreement with your
bank for them to
accept less than you owe to them when you have a buyer for your home.
Some agents suggest unrealistically low price tags on the
short sale, which the
bank will never
accept.
On this webcast, Kimberlee talked about how to influence the BPO or appraisal and how to use repair estimates to convince the
bank to
accept your
short sale offer.
A great example of this is commonly known as a pre-foreclosure «
short -
sale» where a
bank accepts less than owed for the property in order to sell it quickly to avoid a lengthy foreclosure process or simply to remove any non-performing assets from their books.
Florida Realtors Want an Online Search Site Containing
Bank - Approved
Short Sale Listings — A List of Homes That Lenders Have Agreed to
Short Sale and The Price Which They Will
Accept
Around ten days ago, a group of Florida Realtors appeared before Congress and asked for the federal government's help for Florida homeowners to get
short sales respected and
accepted by
banks, lenders, and financial institutions.
You'll need to find someone to help you work the
short sale if you don't know what you are doing and you won't find out if the
bank will
accept your offer, or if they'll counter until you are working it.
If $ 116,000 is the balance left on a mortgage and a
short sale of $ 120,000 is
accepted by the
bank, is there still a deficiency?
With a lot of agents in our area not wanting to show «
short sale» listings I use this offer to get from the
bank what they will really
accept and then can market the home with an approved value.
To your other comment about
short sales, while they are available they are neither
short or easy to negotiate with the
banks and often take several months to complete, if they even
accept your offer...
You're right,
banks won't
accept assignments on either
short sales or REOs.