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WHAT THE LENDERS WON'T TELL YOU ABOUT YOUR SHORT SALE!

Reblogger Charles Stallions
Real Estate Broker/Owner with Charles Stallions Real Estate Services 610125

Pensacola, Florida: I am continuing my best best of the best series by choosing articles on different subjects and this weeks subject is on Short Sales. I hope you find this series to be educational as well as informative. Call me to discuss your options whether buying or interested in selling on the short side I can help. Charles Stallions 800-309-3414 or E-mail charles@charlesstallions.com or to view short sales and foreclosures in  Pensacola, Pace or Gulf Breeze, Florida Click Here.

Original content by FELIX SANTIAGO 3230505

     Not a day goes by that I don't hear the same question from an agent, "Why would the bank do that to my short sale?"  It's really quite simple...BECAUSE THEY CAN!

     I could write a book about everything the lenders won't tell you about the short sale process.  However, it would be worthless the moment it is published.  The business changes every day, every hour, every minute.  The lenders, investors, collections agencies, government agencies and everyone involved in this mess are still trying to figure out what happened, let alone what is happening right now.

   ANYONE THAT TELLS YOU THEY KNOW THE SECRETS OF DOING SHORT SALES, RUN FROM THEM AS FAST AS YOU CAN!  AND HERE ARE THE REASONS WHY...

1)  The lenders still are not sure that what they are doing is right FOR THEM.  They are constantly changing their short sale and loss mitigation process to figure out what will make the most return on the loss.  It will change at the whim of those assigned to review the pipeline disaster that is their loss mitigation.  And, time and time again, the changes usually are not for the best.  They only further complicate the process.  The banks are in the business to lend money.  The whole loss mitigation and short sale business is still a blur to them.  Think about how absurd this business is...they will forgive $300,000 on the property without blinking, but will kill a short sale for the remaining $5,000.

2) The property is ONLY A WIDGET!  The lender will never see or visit the home.  The only one that cares about how the home looks is the homeowner.  The lenders and their investors DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE FEELINGS OF THE BORROWERS/HOMEOWNERS.  They have NO emotional attachment to the property.  However, they want to assure that the borrower absolutely HAS an emotional attachment.  Remember, those lovely photos in the appraisal are only seen by an underwriter that initially approved the loan.  The actual lender does not care for photos and will never see them.  THE PROPERTY IS SIMPLY A WIDGET.

3) Lenders and investors make secret deals for billions of dollars every day behind your back!  Many agents remain shortsighted on the housing industry, alltogether.  They only want to see and believe that their real estate transaction is the only way the lender can move the property.  In fact, this is not by any means the principal manner of unloading their inventory.  REO's, performing and non-performing notes account for the majority of their swaps.  However, those sales are never recorded in public records.  Most of them are sold for pennies on the dollar.

4) The housing crisis is NOWHERE NEAR A BOTTOM!  The biggest reason for this is the tremendous amount of inventory.  And I'm not simply talking about the inventory in the lender's hands.  I'm talking about inventory yet to be taken back.  There are millions of homeowners living in their homes for free.  I have clients going on 2 and 3 years without a mortgage payment.  The lenders and their investors are simply overwhelmed by this crisis and they would rather see someone in the property taking care of it.  Once they foreclose, they are responsible for all the bills on the house.  Only 30% of the lender inventory is even available for sale.  Nearly three times the current inventory is pending foreclosure.  And unless everyone behind on their payments gets back to work and starts paying their mortgage, the crisis will not be going away any time soon.

Be sure to read Part 2: http://activerain.com/blogsview/1183207/what-the-lenders-won-t-tell-you-about-your-short-sale-part-2

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Robert Solomon/Broker/Owner
I Net Realty Group, Inc. - Hudson, FL

This is very enlightening news, never thought about it that way but we all learn as we go in this market thanks for the info.

Sep 12, 2009 06:52 AM
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