hamp: Feel like HAFA short sales are in the same category as Bigfoot or UFO's? This is a MUST read..... - 01/11/11 03:45 PM
Feel like HAFA short sales are in the same category as Bigfoot or UFO's? This is a MUST read.....
It's funny.  Whenever I mitigate a short sale, I always make it a point to explain to the sellers that a HAFA short sale could possibly be available to them if they qualify for one, and then go through the qualifications with them.
But I have to be honest.  Over the past year it seems that the banks seem to handle the HAFA program with a little "smoke and mirrors".
I know what the HAFA and HAMP guidelines are, but more often … (8 comments)

hamp: The Benefits of HAFA Short Sales Come Into Play - But the second lender (junior lien) can still be the Achilles Heel - 05/28/10 11:21 AM
The Benefits of HAFA Short Sales Come Into Play - But the second lender (junior lien) can still be the Achilles Heel
The HAFA Program (Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives) is bring some great strides to the short sale process.
There is some standardization of the process, and great financial incentives for the borrower, the banks and the broker.
The only element that really isn't brought into the standardization process is the junior lien, if there is one on the property.
Negotiation of the short sale with the second lender is unfotrunately, by HAFA definition, the responsibility of the borrower.
So we … (8 comments)

hamp: Ralph Gorgoglione is now a HAFA Certified Short Sale / Foreclosure Specialist! - 05/28/10 08:12 AM
Ralph Gorgoglione is now a HAFA Certified Short Sale / Foreclosure Specialist!
In anticipation of the state now requiring short sale mitigators to be certified, I have finally completed my certification
Combined with my experience with short sales and foreclosures, I am fully packed with an arsenal of knowledge for my clients to successfully complete their HAFA, HAMP and Deed-In-Lieu transactions, both HAFA and non-HAFA qualified.
I'll be writing a series of blogs coming up about the details of both HAMP and HAFA (the sister initiative of HAMP).
Ready to keep on keepin' on with short sales and foreclosures in the … (4 comments)

 
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