Should I stop making my mortgage payments? This is a question we are frequently asked by clients who are thinking about doing a short sale, and regrettably this is not a question we can directly answer as we can not advise you to breach your contractual agreement with your lender to pay back the money […]
At first glance, the July Existing Home Sales report was pretty terrible. Sales volume fell to 15-year lows, home supplies jumped 40%, and the press is beating the point to a pulp. (it should be mentioned that Columbus fared far better than much of the rest of the country as our sales volume fell by […]
PNC Mortgage / National City Short Sales – Getting Started The first step to initiating a short sale with PNC Mortgage / National City is to list the home with a Realtor who specializes in short sales and has significant experience with this lender. Your agent will be critical to the success of your transaction and […]
Citi Mortgage / Citi Financial Short Sales – Getting Started The first step to initiating a short sale with Citi Mortgage / Citi Financial is to list the home with a Realtor who specializes in short sales and has significant experience with this lender. Your agent will be critical to the success of your transaction […]
Wells Fargo Short Sales Out of all of the major banks, Wells Fargo is one of the most efficient when it comes to short sales and the processing and handling of these sales. Wells Fargo is also one of the only banks that actually provides a written short sale time line and on average they are […]
Chase / EMC / WAMU Short Sales If one company™s short sale process has changed more than any other it would be Chase. Chase™s short sale process hasn™t changed so much in terms of administrative process, but more from a corporate stand point. You see, after Chase acquired Washington Mutual their primary task seemed to […]
Below our readers will find a list of facts speaking to the top misconceptions associated with FHA loans in order to help home buyers better navigate an already confusing market. FHA loans are mortgages issued by qualified lenders and insured by the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). We have seen home buyer interest in FHA loans […]
Real estate owned or REO is a class of property owned by a lender, typically a bank, and most commonly acquired after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. This is common because most of the properties up for sale at these auctions are worth less than the total amount owed to the bank (negative […]
Foreclosures and short sales are treated as the sale of property for tax purposes. Homeowners going through a foreclosure or short sale (pre-foreclosure), will need to calculate their gain or loss for tax purposes, as well as consider any tax that might be due on the forgiveness or cancellation of debt. ** Note the Mortgage […]
What is a Deficiency Judgment Deficiency judgments are court orders that make you personally liable for unpaid debt. They are often associated with foreclosures (and less often times short sale), when a home’s selling price is not enough to cover the loan balance. Let’s take a closer look at what deficiency judgments are, and if […]
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