It is clear why short sales should be more attractive to
banks than foreclosures.
Not exact matches
In fact, few things can be more damaging to growth
than the kind of financial crisis that Mulvaney conveniently looks past — the one that started precisely in 2007, sent unemployment to 10 % nationally and much higher in many places, and resulted in bailouts for
banks but
foreclosures for working Americans.
On Wednesday, the
bank launched a program to rent out 500 homes to homeowners who are having trouble paying their mortgage, rather
than put the loans in
foreclosure and kick the owners out.
Those could be acquired faster through the land
bank than through
foreclosure or other means, Mr. Lander, a Brooklyn Democrat, said.
Over the past year, Syracuse tax officials have sent
foreclosure notices to more
than 650 tax - delinquent property owners, with the intent of seizing the properties of those who don't pay and turning them over to the land
bank.
Banks lose less money on a short sale
than on a
foreclosure.
More
than 65 percent of respondents also anticipate steps — such as short sales or deed - in - lieu of
foreclosures — in which borrowers lose possession of the house to be at least somewhat significant loss - mitigation steps at their
banks.
Distressed properties include short - sales (sold by owner at less
than the mortgage value, with
bank sign - off) and
bank - owned
foreclosures.
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.
But, as
banks have tightened standards after the fallout from the
foreclosure crisis, it's also harder
than ever to get a loan.
Government initiatives to stem the country's mounting
foreclosures are hampered because
banks and other lenders in many cases have more financial incentive to let borrowers lose their homes
than to work out settlements, some economists have concluded.
Even the folks in the
banking industry — linked to the current
foreclosure crisis and our widespread economic woes — ranked higher
than lawyers, with a 28 percent holding a positive image.
Also, so long as the entire house remained collateral for the loan (i.e., both the 95 % - owner's part and the 5 % - owner's part), a loss of the ability to sue the 5 % owner for a deficiency if the house ended up going for less
than the amount of the loan in a
foreclosure sale (which is what the loan guarantee would allow the
bank to do) would be more or less irrelevant once a lot of the loan was paid down.
An even more staggering statistic is that more
than 7 out of every 10
foreclosures (
bank seizures) occur without the homeowner ever seeking professional intervention.
On a positive note,
banks are releasing their
foreclosures onto the market methodically rather
than dumping them all at once, a practice that can depress prices.
As he became known as the king of
foreclosures in his area — his brokerage sold more
than 800
bank - owned and HUD properties last year — it became more difficult to get conventional listings.
Even distressed property sellers are benefitting from this hot seller's market, with a record - high share of homes at
foreclosure auction being purchased by third - party buyers, rather
than reverting back to the foreclosing
bank.»
Banks have more incentive to do a short sale
than a
foreclosure since they lose more money in a
foreclosure.
Most of the time doing a Wellington short sale is better
than having a
foreclosure against you and the judgment that the
banks are entitled to after the
foreclosure.
«A short sale does look better in the
bank's eyes
than a
foreclosure,» Naylor adds.
Banks are ramping up short sales thanks to government incentives and the realization that short sales result in lower losses
than foreclosures.
Currently there are less
than 20 % of all of the houses in this country in some form of
foreclosure or
bank owned after a
foreclosure has taken place.
Banks are typically averse to underwriting non-recourse loans as it means assuming more risk on their part as this type of loan only allows them to foreclose on the property in the event of a default, and does not allow them to seek additional money from the borrower if the proceeds from the
foreclosure are less
than what is owed on the loan.
These properties are typically discounted by far greater amounts
than bank foreclosures.
In January of 2014, Florida passed a law that allowed the
Banks to push their
foreclosures through the court system faster
than the normal 879 days that it used to take.
Block 37, the star - crossed shopping center in the Loop, was sold at a sheriff's auction Wednesday to
Bank of America for $ 100 million, less
than half the amount of an outstanding construction loan that sent the property on a path to
foreclosure more
than a year ago.
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.
According to Paul Willen, a policy adviser at the Federal Reserve
Bank of Boston: «If our goal is to prevent
foreclosures, I can't think of anything more effective
than requiring a down payment.»
Dimon said that by making fewer FHA loans, the
bank has helped reduce its
foreclosure inventory by more
than 80 %, adding that the
bank is negotiating with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to have any delinquent mortgages that insured by Fannie and Freddie to be serviced by them as well.
It's apparently very acceptable for
banks to take properties and just let them sit there rather
than try and make a deal to get them sold (see our earlier post on 33 % of Florida
foreclosures sit vacant today).
«Based on the rise in pre-
foreclosure sales we've seen so far this year, a higher percentage of these new
foreclosure starts will likely end up as short sales or auction sales to third parties rather
than bank repossessions going forward.
«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.
However, these may be more beneficial in the long run for the borrower
than an official
foreclosure action because it has less of a long - term impact on their credit history (the
bank may also waive any deficiency against the borrower).
Nearly 2,000
bank - owned
foreclosures in the city have more
than 3,750 unresolved structural violations, Klein's report found.
More
than 2 million home owners who were foreclosed on or were in the process of a
foreclosure during 2009 or 2010 can now ask for a review of their case,
banking regulators announced this week.
The couple has faced a more
than yearlong battle with the
bank in trying to resolve a wrongful
foreclosure stemming from 2009.
On the other hand,
Bank of America entered into less
than half as many HAFA short sales or deed - in - lieu of
foreclosure agreements
than either JPMorgan Chase or Wells Fargo.