With many Americans still facing the very real threat of foreclosure, many are looking for ways to avoid it. One option, and a topic that has garnered a lot of industry interest, is a real estate short sale. Short Sales have become an increasingly popular, and common foreclosure avoidance tactic for homeowners but what are […]
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Bank of America Short Sale
Bank of America Short Sales Bank of America was the first to introduce a new automated system called Equator that it is currently using to process all of it’s short sales of conventional loans (that is all of it’s non-FHA and VA loans) as well as former Countrywide loans which it acquired when it purchased the company. Equator […]
Fifth Third Short Sale
Fifth Third Short Sales – Getting Started The first step to initiating a short sale with Fifth Third 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 while many agents have begun […]
HAFA Program Posts New Short Sale Guidelines
Loan servicers / Lenders will have 30 days to send a borrower a short-sale agreement that includes the list price or acceptable sales proceeds under recent changes made to the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives Program (HAFA), aimed at distressed borrowers who don’t qualify for other government loan modification and foreclosure alternative programs. Once a sales […]
Should You Stop Making Your Mortgage Payments During A Short Sale?
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 […]