The Residential Specialist

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Experts who worked through The Great Recession of 2008 share how to handle tricky short-sale transactions. With its perfect storm of record-low property values and record-high unemployment, The Great Recession of 2008 triggered a rash of residential short sales. Short sales are not suited to all REALTORS ®.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace, according to recent data from the Auction.com Market Validation Program (MVP) for pre-foreclosure sales. Falling Short.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 26, 2024

A total of 704,915 of the actions have been short sales and deed-in-lieu procedures, which result in borrowers leaving their homes without going through the foreclosure process. The number of completed short-sale and deeds-in-lieu transactions in Q4 2023 totaled 134, a decrease of 12% compared to the previous quarter.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

Between searching for, viewing, negotiating , inspecting, and possibly renegotiating on a home, the road to the closing table is rarely a short one. And if the house you’ve landed on is listed as a short sale, you could be in for a long ride. What exactly is a short sale? It’s a long sale.

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Housing Wire

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Existing home sales started 2023 right where they left off at the end of 2022, dropping for the 12 th consecutive month. In January, the seasonally adjusted sales pace for existing homes dropped 0.7% On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 36.9% On a yearly basis, existing home sales were down 36.9% in January.

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CT Homes

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

As difficult as it may be to believe, the mortgage collapse was over ten years ago. A defining term that emerged shortly after the collapse was the “short sale”. In the years following, short sales were the driving force behind a majority of all total real estate transactions. What is a Short Sale?

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2022

Home forfeiture actions, including completed foreclosure sales, short sales, and deed in-lieu-of- foreclosure actions also grew by 26.8% were “combination modifications,” where interest rate reductions and term extensions are applied to a loan to help bring down a borrowers mortgage payment. compared to 94.2%

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Real Estate News

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Even if the hoped-for economic “soft landing” isn’t so soft, don’t expect to see a wave of short sales and foreclosures next year.

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HomeLight

JULY 31, 2020

You don’t see as many short sales in 2020 as in 2010; despite their name, they’re neither short nor simple endeavors. If a homeowner is behind on their mortgage payments, owes more money than the property’s current value, and is in danger of foreclosure, a lender may agree to terms of a short sale.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2020

You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 11, 2021

You see a house you love, but the listing shows that it is an “active pending short sale.”. And just what is a short sale, anyway? Is a short sale home purchase for you? And can you still make an offer on an active pending short sale? Short sales defined . Wait, what?

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

But what if it’s a different kind of sale … for example, how much should you offer on a short sale? Sometimes life happens, and a current homeowner can’t afford to keep paying their mortgage … and the remaining payoff amount is more than the home is currently worth. What’s a short sale?

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

While elevated mortgage rates, sluggish home sales and high inflation have taken a significant toll on the housing industry, it’s unlikely that these issues will cause home prices to drop next year, at least according to National Association of Realtors (NAR) Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. A normal spread would revive the economy.

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Housing Wire

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

When it comes to housing and mortgage markets this fall, most attention is being focused on the expiration of eviction and foreclosure moratoria and the pending completion of forbearance terms for many homeowners. More than 7% of borrowers exiting forbearance have paid off their loans, either through a refinance or a home sale.

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Housing Wire

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

While originations are down due to a volatile mortgage market, the population of underserved borrowers who require non-QM products is on the rise. Credit Challenges: Borrowers who have recovered from a foreclosure or bankruptcy do not have wait seven years to get a mortgage.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 8, 2021

billion is the amount of surplus funds generated by foreclosure sales on the Auction.com platform between 2016 and 2020. Surplus funds are proceeds from a foreclosure sale to a third-party buyer that are above and beyond the total debt owed to the foreclosing lender. 36,000 Surplus per Sale.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

First, mortgage lending standards have remained high after the last bubble. People can afford to pay their mortgages. There won’t be forced home sales like we saw in the crisis. As a result of the fallout from the great recession, mortgage quality has been far more regulated and viewed with suspicion.

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Keeping Current Matters

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

million households lost their homes to a foreclosure, short sale, or because they simply gave it back to the bank. Many projected up to 30% of all mortgage holders would enter the forbearance program. As of last Friday, the total number of mortgages still in forbearance stood at 1,221,000. In reality, only 8.5%

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Keeping Current Matters

JULY 28, 2021

million households lost their home to a foreclosure, short sale, or because they simply gave it back to the bank. Many experts projected 30% of all mortgage holders would enter the forbearance program. As of last Friday, the total number of mortgages still in forbearance stood at 1,863,000. 2018: 279,040. 2019: 277,520.

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

housing market is more tied to mortgage buyers. foreign buyers have always been less than 300,000 of total home sales for many years. When you think about our total home sales being between 5-6 million, foreign investment isn’t that much. When mortgage rates rise, two things always happen here in America.

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Housing Wire

MAY 20, 2022

Most real estate agents deal with primary homeowners and homebuyers, so they may market an investment property to the wrong audience, delaying the sale. Consider a Short Sale. If you’re in over your head in debt and can’t find your way out, your mortgage company may approve a short sale.

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Housing Wire

MAY 19, 2022

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 However, this year has seen one big game-changer: the 10-year yield finally cracked over 1.94%, which drove mortgage rates over 4%. month supply at the current sales pace. from March and 10.4% from one year ago (1.15

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Housing Wire

JUNE 8, 2022

In May, the inventory of homes for sale rose 8%, marking the first inventory rebound since June 2019. The monitoring solution also will enable the examination of current servicing customers as well as non-customer lists and alert loan servicers to possible short sales, the firm said.

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Realty Biz

MARCH 2, 2023

Read on to discover how to find cheap houses for sale. These websites include images and detailed descriptions of the houses for sale. Look at Short Sales or Foreclosures When the owner fails to pay their mortgage, the lender can take back the property and evict the occupants.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 25, 2023

However, many of the homes sold during the past three years were concentrated in higher-priced segments, which exaggerated home price growth as prices were rising and is now exaggerating the declines as sales of multi-million dollar homes begin to normalize. This represents a significant differentiating factor from the last housing cycle.

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CT Homes

MARCH 7, 2024

If you’re a homeowner pondering the possibility of selling your house, you might find yourself wrestling with a common question: Can you sell a home with a mortgage ? It’s a widespread belief that a mortgage chains you to your property until every last penny is paid off.

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Housing Wire

AUGUST 31, 2020

Most mortgage lenders are looking for ways to automate their mortgage servicing operations in order to cut costs, maintain profitability and effectively manage their compliance and reporting to various agencies (e.g., The system also offers loss mitigation, modifications, short sales and repayment tracking functionality.

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Housing Wire

JULY 11, 2023

The Westchester County District Attorney announced on Friday that it has indicted a group of six individuals and a corporation for allegedly stealing property deeds from distressed homeowners, fraudulently accessing mortgage loans, and evading state taxes. They ultimately defaulted on the mortgages, the district attorney claimed.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 5, 2021

Pre-foreclosure sales are a promising alternative to foreclosures – here’s why. The great promise of short sales and other distressed pre-foreclosure sales as a foreclosure alternative is most fully realized in a competitive and transparent online auction marketplace.

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

Servicers’ forbearance portfolio volume fell 11 basis points last week to 3.93%, according to a survey from the Mortgage Bankers Association. In fact, calculating mark-to-market CLTVs of homeowners in some form of mortgage postponement through February 2021, Black Knight estimated that 96% have at least 10% equity in their homes.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

Servicers should also be sharing the mathematics of mortgage forbearance. Hubzu for Signature Seller Assisted Sale (SSAS), standard short sale, foreclosure and ultimately REO management and sales) that can perform well, no matter the volume. All those missed payments and interest need to be paid back.

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Housing Wire

MARCH 17, 2021

While we don’t expect an onslaught of foreclosures like we saw during the mortgage meltdown before the great recession, we can foresee a time after the current forbearance scenario ends in which as many as 500,000 to 700,000 foreclosures may occur,” said Patrick Stone, WFG executive chairman and founder.

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McKissock

APRIL 30, 2021

As a real estate appraiser, whether you’re considering the current terms of sale or analyzing previous sales of the subject property or comparable sales, it is imperative to know whether a sale is an arms-length transaction or a different type of sale. Short sale. Court ordered sale.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 1, 2021

According to the new data, high-equity borrowers are around 40% less likely to lose their homes to involuntary liquidation, such as short sale, foreclosure sale, or deed-in-lieu. However, 30% of these mortgage holders lost their homes, meaning they are not selling their property when needed. mortgage holders.

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Keeping Current Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Investopedia defines it like this: “ Foreclosure is the legal process by which a lender attempts to recover the amount owed on a defaulted loan by taking ownership of and selling the mortgaged property. Short sale. Typically, default is triggered when a borrower misses a specific number of monthly payments.” . Loan modification.

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Keeping Current Matters

JANUARY 13, 2021

At the onset of the economic disruptions caused by the COVID pandemic, the government quickly put into place forbearance plans to allow homeowners to remain in their homes without making their monthly mortgage payments. First, the homeowner suffers an adverse economic shock…leading to the homeowner becoming delinquent on their mortgage.

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Housing Wire

MAY 18, 2022

Mortgage servicers: If you’re not obsessed with customer service, you’re falling behind. In a world where disparate physical spaces are steadily merging in the central hubs of mobile devices, consumers consider their mortgages one more digital service in need of perfecting.

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