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Tuesday, January 6, 2009

A National Epidemic of Short Sales

Are you stressed out about mortgage payments? Do you think your only option is a foreclosure? Is a short sale right for you? Millions and millions of homeowners are asking themselves the same questions. It is projected that more than 20,000,000 homeowners will have negative equity in their homes in the very near future. In other words, they will owe more on their homes than the homes are actually worth. More than 2.9 million homes have foreclosed in the last three years and the number is only expected to grow. Expect the effects of the estate recession to ripple for years to come.

What can you do now?

There is expected to be massive tsunami of homeowners who are simply making the decision to sell their homes through a short sale vs. staying in a home, hoping that one day it may be worth what they paid.

No one is safe. News stories from across the country tell the tales of both celebrities and average Americans who are all considering selling their homes through a short sale.

Selling your home through a short sale doesn’t need to be shameful, life-ruining experience. Sometimes short selling your mortgage simply makes smart economic sense, especially for homeowners who find themselves "upside down" — that is, they owe more on their mortgage than their house is worth.

To find out if you qualify to sell your home in a Short Sale transaction, call me today at (562) 334-7393.

Ihor Pochay
REALTOR / SHORT SALE SPECIALIST
Tarbell, Realtors
Cell: (562) 334-7393
Off: (909) 629-6186 Ext. 339
Fax: (909) 629-6710
ihorpochay@tarbell.com
www.MyRealtorIhor.com

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

What is a Short Sale?

A Short Sale is when the Lender (bank) agrees to accept less of what is owned on the property. For example if you have a mortgage of $400,000 on your home and the current market price is only $300,000, the bank will end up with the loss of $100,000 if they approve the Short Sale.

Now why would the bank will do a Short Sale and lose money? The answer is simple. The banks are in the business of lending money and making interest on those loans, not in the business of owning houses. If the bank does not approve the short sale, they will have to foreclose the property and try to sell it as a Real Estate Owned by Bank, which will bring them a lot less money than they could receive from a Short Sale. That is why banks are very motivated to do a Short Sale instead.

Why would the seller want to do a Short Sale? The reasons simply are:
  • To be able to buy a new home as soon as 24 months from the close of a Short Sale (a Foreclosure will stay on the homeowner's record for 5-7 years);
  • To be able to preserve the homeowner's credit score (a Short Sale has a lot less impact on the credit score than a Foreclosure);
  • To avoid the Foreclosure;
  • To have the opportunity to start all over again.
Ihor Pochay
REALTOR / SHORT SALE SPECIALIST
Tarbell, Realtors
Off: (909) 629-6186 ext. 339
Fax: (909) 629-6710
ihorpochay@hotmail.com
http://www.myrealtorihor.com/