I'm certain there are plenty of real estate agents, present company included, who are tickled pink over this development. Seems a lender agreed to a short sale and then tried to back out of the contract. Sound familiar to anyone?
Aurora Loan Services, based in Littleton, Colorado, has been sued by a buyer, Ribsy Productions, a Solana Beach, CA-based real estate company, for reneging on a short sale. The property is located in Tucson, Arizona. Apparently, Aurora agreed to a short-sale offer of $158,000 on a $587,000 secured loan. That's a 73% drop in the mortgage balance. Somewhere along the line, Aurora changed its mind. Hello, lawsuit.
It's about time that short-sale buyers stopped taking this kind of treatment from banks. You know, if the bank doesn't want to agree to a short sale, then don't. But don't make promises and later break them, I say.
I've heard of banks coming into escrow with last-minute changes to the HUD-1. Those changes include refusal to pay a commission. And agents have to to agree at that point because they have a fiduciary responsibility to their clients to uphold their client's interests above their own. But banks also pull out last-minute punches on the poor buyers who have been waiting forever and a day for a response.
I say it's about time. And I hope the buyer wins.
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