i am a big believer in working with a motivated seller and right now one of the most motivated sellers in the market place are lenders and working on short sales. Many Realtors don't like to work them because they take so long to close on. However, there may be a light an the end of the tunnel.
Obama’s promising plan on short sales
Check out the Obama administration's new standardized short sale plan that's scheduled to roll out during the coming several months.
The program, outlined Dec. 1 by the Treasury Department, is an attempt to streamline what has traditionally been a contentious, time-consuming process by requiring lenders and others to use nationally uniform documents, timelines and financial incentives.
A short sale involves a lender or investor agreeing to collect less than the balance owed on a mortgage debt out of the proceeds of a negotiated sale of the property. Often a short sale is the last alternative to foreclosure available to distressed homeowners and banks. Say you've lost your job and fallen behind on your mortgage payments. With little or no income, you can't qualify for a modification program.
In this situation - grim as it is - your best move may be to see if your lender will accept a short sale. Though the idea sounds straightforward, in practice it is not. First, the bank needs to be convinced a short sale will yield it more money at the bottom line than a foreclosure.
This usually means you need to bring in a real estate agent who knows the ropes and can pull together the key information needed by the bank: recent comparables on closed sales, local market trends, and the likely selling price of your house.
Plus you'll need to have a buyer for the house - one who'll pay a price acceptable to the bank, and has financing to close the deal. If you happen to have a second mortgage or home equity credit line on the property, you'll also need to negotiate how much that lender will receive from the sale proceeds.
That can be tricky. In depressed real estate markets, the second-lien lender may be holding a note that's worthless in a foreclosure because plummeting property values have wiped out the collateral. Yet that same bank is in a pivotal position: It has the legal power to block the short sale by refusing to sign on to the deal.
Equally troublesome in short sales is the fact that banks, mortgage servicers and bond investors often have conflicting requirements for documentation and financial yields that can complicate and drag out the haggling for months.
Enter the Obama administration's new streamlining plan. Besides requiring lenders and servicers to use uniform documentation, preapproved short sale terms and accelerated turnaround times.
Sounds like a formula for encouraging a lot more short sales, right? The jury will be out on that for months, and most major lenders are still studying the fine print of the Obama program. But early reactions from big banks appear to be positive.
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If you would like the chance to work with me or one of my fellow real estate investor coaches and our advanced training programs, give us a call anytime to see if Dean's Real Estate Success Academy and our customized curriculum is a fit for you. Call us at 1-877-219-1474 ext. 125
i am a big believer in working with a motivated seller and right now one of the most motivated sellers in the market place are lenders and working on short sales. Many Realtors don't like to work them because they take so long to close on. However, there may be a light an the end of the tunnel.
Obama’s promising plan on short sales
Check out the Obama administration's new standardized short sale plan that's scheduled to roll out during the coming several months.
The program, outlined Dec. 1 by the Treasury Department, is an attempt to streamline what has traditionally been a contentious, time-consuming process by requiring lenders and others to use nationally uniform documents, timelines and financial incentives.
A short sale involves a lender or investor agreeing to collect less than the balance owed on a mortgage debt out of the proceeds of a negotiated sale of the property. Often a short sale is the last alternative to foreclosure available to distressed homeowners and banks. Say you've lost your job and fallen behind on your mortgage payments. With little or no income, you can't qualify for a modification program.
In this situation - grim as it is - your best move may be to see if your lender will accept a short sale. Though the idea sounds straightforward, in practice it is not. First, the bank needs to be convinced a short sale will yield it more money at the bottom line than a foreclosure.
This usually means you need to bring in a real estate agent who knows the ropes and can pull together the key information needed by the bank: recent comparables on closed sales, local market trends, and the likely selling price of your house.
Plus you'll need to have a buyer for the house - one who'll pay a price acceptable to the bank, and has financing to close the deal. If you happen to have a second mortgage or home equity credit line on the property, you'll also need to negotiate how much that lender will receive from the sale proceeds.
That can be tricky. In depressed real estate markets, the second-lien lender may be holding a note that's worthless in a foreclosure because plummeting property values have wiped out the collateral. Yet that same bank is in a pivotal position: It has the legal power to block the short sale by refusing to sign on to the deal.
Equally troublesome in short sales is the fact that banks, mortgage servicers and bond investors often have conflicting requirements for documentation and financial yields that can complicate and drag out the haggling for months.
Enter the Obama administration's new streamlining plan. Besides requiring lenders and servicers to use uniform documentation, preapproved short sale terms and accelerated turnaround times.
Sounds like a formula for encouraging a lot more short sales, right? The jury will be out on that for months, and most major lenders are still studying the fine print of the Obama program. But early reactions from big banks appear to be positive.
If you would like the chance to work with me or one of my fellow real estate investor coaches and our advanced training programs, give us a call anytime to see if Dean's Real Estate Success Academy and our customized curriculum is a fit for you. Call us at 1-877-219-1474 ext. 125