Here's an exception: Filers who had a loan modification,
foreclosure or short sale last year can exclude the amount of debt forgiven on their principal residence from gross income in 2017.
Not exact matches
You don't get the hefty Tax bill under current rules - but that exemption won't
last forever - it would really suck to struggle paying the mortgage for a few years then be forced into a
short sale or foreclosure and get a big tax bill for it as well.
There is no question that in this economic down turn we have experienced over the
last five years
or so that
short sales and
foreclosures have become part of our everyday Real Estate landscape.
Up until
last week, would - be homebuyers who had undergone
foreclosure, declared bankruptcy,
or undertaken a
short sale had to wait years before they would be eligible for an FHA - insured mortgage loan.
Over the
last seven
or so years many Americans have fallen into debt due to extreme circumstances of long - term unemployment, student loans, upside down mortgages,
short sales, and
foreclosures.
Last Update: 02/24/16 All experienced Florida
foreclosure defense lawyers know that the national
Foreclosure Mortgage Settlement Agreement contains a provision that mandates that lenders not go forward with a
foreclosure if there is an alternative in the works for that home loan (for example, a loan modification
or short sale is being negotiated).