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tisdag 27 oktober 2009

Short Sale Agreements

By Max Buchanan

If your house has been on the market for awhile without any reasonable offers and you are struggling to make the payments, or if your property value has decreased sharply you may find yourself headed for financial ruin. You need to get information about short sale houses before your house goes in to foreclosure.

If your home is on its way to foreclosure then you need to make it a short sale house. This happens when homeowners are struggling to make their payments and they are unable to sell their home for a price that exceeds the total amount that they owe on it.

A number of short sale houses have seen drastic decreases in their value due to the housing market slump. The owners of the houses took out large loans with minimal down payments. The monthly payments that they made for the first few years went towards interest only. When these homeowners began struggling with their payments they were surprised to find out that they would be unable to sell their home for what they owed on it.

Short sale houses would undoubtedly end up as foreclosures if the owners did not get a short sale deal. Make sure that you hire an experienced attorney to negotiate your short sale house deal with the mortgage company.

When it comes to a short sale house, you must be quick to the draw. You will only have a small window of time before foreclosure proceedings begin to negotiate with your lending company.

By contacting a lawyer as soon as possible, you will be able to minimize the damage that is done to your credit score. Your mortgage lender will be happy to discuss a short sale opposed to having to file foreclosure proceedings.

Your mortgage lender may forgive a portion of the debt or the entire debt owed after the short sale of your home. This will depend upon your individual circumstances and the lender that you have a loan with.

If your lender holds you responsible for a potion of the debt it will still affect your credit but it will do far less damage than a foreclosure will. A short sale is definitely a much better option than going through foreclosure proceedings.

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