Short Sales Help Homeowners in Trouble
California short sales help homeowners in trouble in this global recession. Although many people have been affected worldwide, it seems California residents have been greatly hurt, because of its real estate bubble burst. Over the years, Californian homes and properties have seen a huge increase, which peaked and then went on a steep decline.
This left many homeowners who purchased these properties in their peak prices with mortgages now higher than the actual market price. Now, with the economy hurting and record job losses, these homeowners are unable to make these high mortgage payments.
This in turn has left the these property owners between a rock and a hard place. Knowing full well how damaging, falling back on payments can be on your credit score, they are trying to save themselves by selling their homes. Unfortunately for them, in order for the home to sell, it must be priced according to market value, which are their prices are inflated for the current market. That leaves them pondering foreclosure.
Fortunately, foreclosure is not the only solution. Many people can actually benefit from the California short sale. The difference is, upon the approval of your mortgage lender, the homeowner is enabled to sell his property at a lower price than the actual mortgage amount. Obviously, this leaves a loss behind that someone must absorb. In many cases, the mortgage lender will approve such a deal as long as the homeowner is willing to absorb some of the losses. But this is not always the case, as every situation is individual and unique.
In order for a short sale to be successful, your mortgage payment must be in arrears, and the amount owed on the home must surpass the current market price of the home. Then, along with finding a real estate agent who is willing to do a short sale (accepting a lower commission), your mortgage lender must be approached.
A short sale package from the lender must be requested, completed and files along with necessary documents that should be attached. Those documents include but are not limited to the previous year's income tax returns, recent bank statements, recent pay stubs, and the deed of the home.
You will find that your mortgage lender or banker will be willing to help in such difficult times. For them, absorbing a loss involved with a short sale is often lower than if the property were to be foreclosed. Contrary to what many people believe, lenders are not in business to take over properties, they are in business to make money. With that said, foreclosing on properties is a very expensive and time-consuming procedure which many would prefer to avoid.
In closing, if you find yourself in difficult financial times and qualify for short sale, you should not only consider it a go ahead with it. It means the difference between your credit score being somewhat damaged and completely destroyed. In these hard times, you should know that it will not be easy to rebuild if your credit has been destroyed.
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Fred Weaver is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He has been working in the financing/real estate business for over 7 years. Fred began his real estate career by working for a large wholesale bank as a processor and rate/lock specialist for home mortgages. After 2 years in the business, Fred transferred from the banking side of home loans to the mortgage side. While on the mortgage side of financing, Fred gained experience originating mortgages and processing files for Morgan Capital of Arizona, Inc.
Kevin is a founding co-owner of Group 46:10. He began working in the real estate business in 2007 after spending 8 years working in the finance industry for companies such as Bank One, Green Tree Financial, & GE Capital.


