Short Sales Maryland
Short Selling Your Home
Before you consider a short sale, you should have a pretty good idea what is the short sale process and your role as the seller in a short sale transaction. Although all lenders have different demands that a borrower must submit in a wide array of documentation, the following steps will give you an idea of what to expect.
Call Your Lender First:
You may need to make a few phone calls before you find the person responsible to make a decision in accepting loan modifications. Your first priority should be to speak with your lender and ask them to reduce the rates or convert your present loan to a fixed rate.
Your first priority before putting your property in a short sale situation should be to try and save your home.
When a foreclosure is eminent, a short sale is a good option if you have a hardship.
What are the reasons you can’t pay your mortgage payments anymore?
You must have a hardship. .
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Submit Letter of Authorization:
Lenders typically do not want to disclose any of your personal information without written authorization to do so. If you are working with a real estate agent that specializes in short sales, they should have a standard letter of authorization for you to sign. The letter should include the following:
Preliminary Net Sheet HUD-1
This is an estimated closing statement that shows the sales price you expect to receive and all the costs of sale, unpaid loan balances, outstanding payments due and late fees, including real estate commissions. Although your agent should help prepare this form with just the assistance of an attorney ( and no involvement from your part). . This is the single most important part of a short sale. A HUD-1 can make or break a short sale negotiation.
The Hardship Letter
The sadder, the better. This statement of facts describes how you got into this financial situation, where you can no longer make your mortgage payments. It must be short and detailed. Losses of a job, sickness, divorce, death of a family member, all of these are good causes of a hardship.
Just remember that lenders are not particularly empathetic to situations involving dishonesty or criminal behavior.
Proof of Income and Assets
Be truthful and honest about your financial situation and disclose all assets. Lenders will want to know if you have savings accounts, money market accounts, stocks or bonds, cash or other real estate or anything of value. Remember also, all major transactions where cash has been moved will need your explanation. Lenders aren’t looking to take all your money . . .they just want to be assured that you aren’t able to afford your property.
Comparative Market Analysis (CMA)
Your Agent should help prepare a CMA. The bank wants a pretty good idea how upside down you are. The Lenders will make a decision to accept the short sale based on your hardship letter and the CMA of your home . . . and NOT in how much you owe.
Now, if everything goes well, the lender will approve your short sale. As part of the negotiation, your agent might ask that the lender not pursue a deficiency of judgment against you. . But realize that the lender is under no obligation to accommodate this request.
Ultimately, a short sale will only become successful when you have chosen the right person to represent you. This person should be picked carefully. There are a lot of pretenders out there. I usually involve my clients so much in the process of a short sale that they end up “knowing” more about short sales that the typical agent out there.
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