If the answer coming back on this one is the Realtor is going to be representing the seller you MUST find out if they have ever
successfully completed a short sale transaction before.
As a Realtor who has been successfully
completing short sales over the last four years I get to see quite a bit of the inner workings of a short sale transaction.
By completing a short sale, homeowners can walk away from their properties without having a foreclosure reported on their credit — all while having their mortgage debt completely forgiven by the lender.
After
completing a short sale if you work on building your credit scores back up again you should be able to buy again in two to three years.
Many
people completed short sales during the housing collapse, and many complained that the process took too long and was fraught with bureaucracy.
You can expect anywhere from 4 - 6 months and sometimes longer to
complete a short sale because of the number of short sales banks are dealing with right now.
But most people who
complete short sales fell behind on payments, and it could be a couple of years before they can get another loan.
Loan servicers successfully
completed short sales on 8,309 of those agreements, and granted deed - in - lieu of foreclosure on 232 more, with JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo accounting for 60 percent of those deals.
Completing a short sale remains a much better alternative than letting a property go to foreclosure for a number of reasons centered around credit and your ability to buy another property in the future.
For example, Elena Koshechko with Carolinas Metro Realty told The Charlotte Observer that she recently
completed a short sale for a home on which the HOA was foreclosing.
When analyzing the difference
between completing a short sale or going through a foreclosure in regards to purchasing another property in the future it boils down to the waiting time which is more favorable in a short sale.
Recently, the association got the Federal Trade Commission to agree that new rules designed to clamp down on fraudulent offers aimed at distressed owners wouldn't be enforced against real estate practitioners helping
sellers complete a short sale.
With VA Home Loan Centers short sale assistance, a veteran or servicemember can
complete their short sale at no with minimal impact to their credit report, and zero impact to their security clearance.
No one tracks how many short sales have been reported as foreclosures, though RealtyTrac data show more than 2 million Americans have
completed short sales since the housing bubble burst.
By
completing a short sale using a short sale agent, homeowners can walk away from their properties without having a foreclosure reported on their credit — all while having their mortgage debt completely forgiven by the lender.
With the non-judicial foreclosure moratorium passed in 2011, many Hawaii homeowners were given another chance to work out a loan modification with their lender or more time to
complete a short sale instead of face the axe of a foreclosure.
It won't get announced on January 1, but look for this bit of news sometime before the end of January and for it to apply retroactively to
previously completed short sales.
The two banks emerged as the front - runners
in completing short sales and deed - in - lieu of foreclosure agreements when compared up against other loan servicers, all participating in the HAFA program.
Completing a short sale remains a much better alternative than letting a property go to foreclosure for a number of reasons centered around credit and your ability to buy another property in the future.
When analyzing the difference
between completing a short sale or going through a foreclosure in regards to purchasing another property in the future it boils down to the waiting time which is more favorable in a short sale.