Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act
To avoid losing homes to foreclosure due to long response times for short sale transactions, three senators introduced to legislation to speed up the short sale process.
Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Arkansas), Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) proposed the bill addressing the issue of short sales timelines on February 17. (A short sale is a real estate transaction where the homeowner sells the property for less than the unpaid balance with the lender’s approval.)
“There are neighborhoods across the country full of empty homes and underwater owners that have legitimate offers, but unresponsive banks,” said Murkowski. “What we have here is a failure to communicate. Why don’t we make it easier for Americans trying to participate in the housing market; regardless of whether the answer is ‘yes,’ ‘no’ or ‘maybe?’”
The legislation, also known as the Prompt Notification of Short Sale Act, will require a written response from a lender no later than 75 days after receipt of the written request from the buyer.
The lender’s response to the buyer must specify acceptance, rejection, a counter offer, need for extension, and an estimation for when a decision will 
be reached. The servicer will be limited to one extension of no more than 21 days.
Read the rest of this article by DSNews.com here:
“Proposed Bill to Speed Up Short Sale Process and Prevent Foreclosure.”
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