Now is the time to short sale if you think you may lose your home. With SB 931 and SB 458 protections along with the Mortgage Debt Forgiveness Act, now is the time. You can vitually walk away from you home via a short sale and not look back. Contact Top Orange County Short Sale Realtor Mike Pahua for more info on if you may qualify for a short sale.
CA SHORT SALE LAW UPDATE:
7/15/2011: NO MORE DEFICIENCY JUDGEMENTS ALLOWED ON CA SHORT SALES
Gov. Jerry Brown signed SB 458 (Corbett) into law. SB 458 extends the protections of SB 931 (2010), to ensure that any lender that agrees to a short sale must accept the agreed upon short sale payment as payment in full of the outstanding balance of all loans.
Under previous law (SB 931 of 2010), a first mortgage holder could accept an agreed-upon short sale payment as full payment for the outstanding balance of the loan, but unfortunately, the rule did not apply to junior lien holders. SB 458 extends the protections of SB 931 to junior liens.
The signing of this bill is a victory for California homeowners who have been forced to short sell their home only to find that the lender will pursue them after the short sale closes, and demand an additional payment to subsidize the difference. SB 458 brings closure and certainty to the short sale process and ensures that once a lender has agreed to accept a short sale payment on a property, all lienholders -- those in first position and in junior positions -- will consider the outstanding balance as paid in full and the homeowner will not be held responsible for any additional payments on the property.
SB 458 contains an urgency clause making it effective upon signing.
Mike Pahua
Realty One Group
949-309-2400
dre # 01461649
Get more info about me and these short sale protection laws at, http://www.ShortSalesOC.com
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