With a long term mortgage you end up paying twice us much to
the bank than the sales price of the house.
Not exact matches
Rather
than using a specific
sales price, the
bank will consider your annual income and your annual debts only.
Also, while a home inspection might pay for itself in a regular
sale,
banks are less likely
than traditional sellers to lower the purchase
price or make repairs.
After the excitement of selling your home wears off, it can be a bit depressing to see 5 percent or 6 percent of that
sale price go into your realtor's
bank account rather
than your own, no matter how well the realtor did her job.
There has been a «dramatic shift» in
banks» willingness sell a property for less
than the mortgage balance to avoid foreclosing... short
sales, typically change hands at a discount of about 20 percent to homes not in financial distress, compared with a 40 percent
price cut for
bank - owned homes, according to RealtyTrac Inc..
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.
Rather
than using a specific
sales price, the
bank will consider your annual income and your annual debts only.
If the
sales price is more
than your loan balance, you'll receive a refund after the
bank collects its fees and loan payoff amount.
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.
During August in the core Orlando market, year - over-year
prices increased 26 percent for short
sales, which are
bank - approved
sales for less money
than the mortgage owed on the property.
«Disposing of distressed homes by pre-foreclosure
sale can also benefit lenders and servicers because pre-foreclosure homes sell at a higher average
price point
than bank - owned homes,» Moore continues.
«Our first quarter foreclosure
sales report showed that the average
price of a pre-foreclosure home was more
than $ 27,000 higher
than the average
price of a
bank - owned home — which quickly adds up given that there have been an average of 1.6 million nationwide foreclosure starts per year for the past five years.