Everyone loses on mortgage foreclosures; mortgage lenders take
losses on each foreclosed home, affected homeowners face credit problems for several years, and communities lose property tax revenue when blighted vacant homes and adjacent properties lose value.
Not exact matches
For example, a $ 400,000 first mortgage and a $ 100,000 second mortgage
on a
home where the down payment was $ 55,000 and the
home sold for $ 555,000, the second mortgage lender would take a bigger
loss if the
home lost value, was
foreclosed on and was sold by the bank for $ 450,000, he says.
If the
home is
foreclosed HUD will eat the
loss in either case and the local neighborhood will have one more foreclosure
on the books that hold's down area
home values.
Death, job
loss, medical expenses, and divorce are a few of the most common reasons Canadians face
foreclose or power of sale
on a
home.
Consider the following: If you are in danger of foreclosure now and do a short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure or let the bank
foreclose on your
home, the
loss and resulting 1099 from your lender in most cases will not result in a taxable event for you.
If you are putting down less than 20 % for a down payment you will need to pay for CMHC insurance to cover the banks
losses if you fail to pay your mortgage and they have to
foreclose on your
home.
The time it takes for a
home owner to be
foreclosed on may be directly tied to the size of the potential
loss that the bank might face.