Well, this is a first for me. I've had a listing for 7 months now that was "subject to short sale." The owners had moved out already and just wanted it behind them. They were really stressing about it. We had it sold twice, but the buyers couldn't get their financing together, so back on the market it would go with a lower price tag. Yesterday I received a third offer and was in the processing of delivering it to my clients when they called me to say the bank had offered to re-do their loan for 6% if they would move back in and keep the darn thing! Now, this lender hasn't received any payments for nigh onto a year, and the original loan had adjusted up to 11% which is what caused them to give up in the first place.
I'm thrilled for my clients! They get to keep their home at a price they can afford! I've been wondering for a while now why banks don't do more of this, since it seems to me it's better to be receiving payments at a lesser rate of interest than no payments on a property that can only depreciate as it sits vacant, but I'll have to say I was very surprised to hear that this lender actually did it.
Anybody else out there seeing this? Is it a trend?
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