If you are struggling to make your mortgage payments — or you've missed making some payments — you may be thinking about
negotiating a short sale of your home with your lender.
If you are able to
negotiate a short sale without ever being late on your mortgage — which is extremely rare — it's only about 10 to 20 points off your score.
Therefore, if a borrower can
negotiate a short sale prior to filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, she will reduce her plan payment by reducing her unsecured debt.
Borrowers holding a portfolio of underwater investment properties will see their tax bill skyrocket in the event they
successfully negotiate a short sale, deed in lieu of foreclosure or forgiveness of deficiency judgment after foreclosure.
But if you've
already negotiated a short sale deal with your lender and your house is on the market, it can pay to expedite any potential sale of the house, if possible.
A real estate agent should not be practicing law which is exactly what happens when you have a Realtor
who negotiates a short sale contract and approval letter.
That is to say that the investor has empowered CW to act on their behalf in matters such
as negotiating short sale payoff amounts and terms, even though the loan does not belong to CW.
Kudos to one of our legal network affiliates of Attorney Short Sale Negotiators who answered this question as succinctly and accurately as you could ever ask: Should real estate
agents negotiate short sales?
By Kimberlee Frank Many of my students repeatedly ask me, «Do I need both the Wife and the ex-Husband's financial documents
when negotiating a short sale?»
Many title companies will agree to
negotiate the short sale on the property for the cost of title work so all they need is the financial package from the Seller and a Purchase Agreement from YOU!
A cottage industry of bankruptcy specialists and other self - described loan mitigators are trawling for clients, but lenders would often prefer to work with real estate professionals
in negotiating short sales for clients.
Nestor Gasset and Katerina Gasset are the authors of the book,» Short Sales Success - Raising the Bar on Your Success Rate» They have put years and years of experience together to help real estate agents around the country learn how to
properly negotiate a short sale for their sellers.
Most of the time, when we are
negotiating short sales for Wellington homeowners the banks are more agreeable in negotiating terms with you than if you are current on your mortgage.
NAR has made an important step in resolving the confusion caused by the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) Mortgage Assistance Relief Services Rule (MARS) among real estate professionals who provide assistance to struggling homeowners in
negotiating short sales with servicers on the sale of the home.
The length of the time depends on who your lender is, the kind of loan you have, and who is
negotiating your short sale.
If
you negotiated a short sale of your home, you may be surprised to learn that some mortgage loan underwriting systems can't distinguish short sales from foreclosures on consumer reports.
There are many Realtors ® who have
negotiated short sales that misrepresented to their client that the short sale approval letter removed the short sale deficiency when in fact it did not.
Negotiating a short sale is a full time job in an of itself.
I do have a law firm that is
negotiating the short sale but they have had no luck in getting answers as to the delay.
Homeowners or sellers that are looking to get their mortgages off their hands and avoid foreclosure sometimes try to
negotiate short sales.
Homeowners who find themselves in the position of defaulting on a mortgage loan that was previously modified, may be able to
negotiate a short sale.
Whether you are still current or if the foreclosure sale is approaching there is still time to work with Susan and your lender to
negotiate a short sale.
With the challenges with selling and
negotiating a short sale you must take extra caution in hiring the right real estate agent.
As foreclosures increase across the United States, lenders are more willing to
negotiate short sales to avoid the expense and troubles of taking a delinquent customers home.
Again I would never recommend using a real estate agent to
negotiate a short sale.
Are you going to be
negotiating the short sale for the sellers or is there an attorney or short sale specialist involved?