- The Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act and Debt Cancellation Act
- Taxation of Foreclosures and Short Sales
- Credit After Foreclosure, Bankruptcy, or Short Sale
- Canceled Debts, Foreclosures, Repos and Abandonments
- HAFA Guidelines
How can we help you?
Streamline Short Sale lists your property and applies for a short sale approval. Our expert staff and legal department negotiate with your mortgage company to provide the best possible scenario for you. This allows us to then sell your home, versus allowing the bank to foreclose on the property which could ruin your credit and possibly leave unpaid debt.
There are several important reasons why a Short Sale is better for you instead of a Foreclosure… here’s a few:
Advantages of a Short
1. Less Damaging to Credit Rating:A Foreclosure will severely damage your credit rating for 7 years, but a Short Sale is less damaging and its effect does not last as long.
2. Major Banks are Encouraging Short Sales over Foreclosure:Fannie Mae (FNMA) recently changed their underwriting policy so that a past home owner now has to wait 5 years after a Foreclosure before FNMA will underwrite a new loan. If the homeowner conducted a Short Sale the wait time is just 2 Years! Freddie Mac also offers participating Banks a $2,200 incentive to conduct a Short Sale versus Foreclosure.
3. Probable Relief from HELOC 2nd Mortgage:When the 1st Mortgage Bank forecloses, the 2nd TD HELOC loan is not deleted from your debt. The 2nd TD HELOC Mortgage Bank may take legal means to collect their debt after the Foreclosure. With a Short Sale, we negotiate with both lenders to highly reduce or totally eliminate the HELOC loan debt.
4. Dignified Solution:With a Short Sale, we sell your home just like your neighbors have done. It’s a dignified resolution to a tough situation. On the other hand, after a Foreclosure, a Sheriff performs a lock out, the grass turns brown, and a Bank Sales Rep places ‘Bank Foreclosure For Sale’ signs in front of the property for your neighbors to see.
5. “Cash for Cooperation”: Some of the banks we work with are now offering home owners a Cash incentive in order to cooperate with a short sale, versus allowing the property to be Foreclosed on by the Bank. Banks and amount of Cash offered, is on a case by case basis.