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. Most of the mortgages in forbearance have enough equity to sell their homes. million homeowners currently in forbearance, 93% have at least 10% equity in their homes. After the last housing crash, about 9.3

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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. Most of the 1.86M in forbearance have enough equity to sell their home. million homeowners currently in forbearance, 87% have at least 10% equity in their homes. Here are four reasons why that won’t happen.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 28, 2022

While this would be a hit to homeowner equity, only 1 to 2 percent more of homeowners would move into negative equity. There won’t be forced home sales like we saw in the crisis. Short sales are unlikely to reemerge unless there is a serious deterioration in borrowers’ ability to pay their mortgages. .

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RIS Media

OCTOBER 5, 2021

released its latest Mortgage Monitor Report , exploring the relationship between equity positions and downstream foreclosure start rates and, ultimately, distressed liquidations. Whether that’s due to lack of understanding of their equity positions or the foreclosure process in general is unclear,” he added.

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Keeping Current Matters

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Short sale. But before you go down any of those paths, it’s worth seeing if you have enough equity in your home to sell it and protect your investment. Equity is the difference between what you owe on the home and its market value based on factors like price appreciation. Loan modification. Deed-in-lieu of foreclosure.

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Keeping Current Matters

JANUARY 13, 2021

However, today’s situation is different than the 2006-2008 housing crisis as many homeowners have tremendous amounts of equity in their homes. With enough equity, a homeowner has the option of selling their home, or tapping into their equity through a refinance, to help weather the economic shock. What are the experts saying?

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Housing Wire

MAY 9, 2022

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. A lot of mortgage debt went away due to foreclosures and short sales, bringing home prices way down. Here in the U.S.,

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

During the housing bubble, many homeowners borrowed heavily against their perceived home equity - jokingly calling it the “Home ATM” - and this contributed to the subsequent housing bust, since so many homeowners had negative equity in their homes when house prices declined.

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Housing Wire

JULY 1, 2021

This will be especially true for lower-income households with FHA loans that started with very little equity to begin with due to the low-down payment requirement. 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.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

MARCH 7, 2024

During the housing bubble, many homeowners borrowed heavily against their perceived home equity - jokingly calling it the “Home ATM” - and this contributed to the subsequent housing bust, since so many homeowners had negative equity in their homes when house prices declined. Mortgage debt is up $2.36

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Housing Wire

JUNE 22, 2021

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. For others, it should be adequate for properly selling through traditional real estate channels to avoid a default or short sale.

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Realty Biz

JANUARY 19, 2023

Many people purchase homes with the intent to build equity, though life happens and homeowners end up underwater, whether it is upside down or with negative equity. Winding up with Negative Equity With the change in the market, housing prices fall and rise. It is best to wait until you bring your equity into positive territory.

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Calculated Risk Real Estate

DECEMBER 7, 2023

During the housing bubble, many homeowners borrowed heavily against their perceived home equity - jokingly calling it the “Home ATM” - and this contributed to the subsequent housing bust, since so many homeowners had negative equity in their homes when house prices declined.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 4, 2020

What are my options when I have little or no equity? Gil, the better term for what you are referring to is “under-equitied” meaning having less than 20% home equity. When you’re selling, having equity needs to at least cover the costs associated with selling, including paying off the mortgage.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Currently, the housing market is in a recession: sales, production, jobs and incomes are all falling in the housing sector. After the housing bubble crashed, a lot of household debt got deleveraged through foreclosures, short sales and bankruptcies. This is something I talked about on CNBC a few months ago.

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CT Homes

MARCH 7, 2024

The Role of Equity Equity is the portion of your home that you truly “own” — the difference between your home’s market value and the outstanding balance of your mortgage. This figure represents how much you need to pay to settle your mortgage in full at the time of sale.

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Keeping Current Matters

MARCH 10, 2021

Home sales and prices were both up substantially over the year before. As the next graph shows, there were too many homes for sale in 2007, and that caused prices to tumble. If housing is appropriately valued, house-buying power should equal or outpace the median sale price of a home. People are equity rich, not tapped out.

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Keeping Current Matters

OCTOBER 21, 2020

During the housing crash twelve years ago, many homeowners owned a house that was worth less than the mortgage they had on that home (called negative equity or being underwater ). Today, the vast majority of homeowners have significant equity in their homes. Most homeowners have substantial equity in their homes.

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Housing Wire

DECEMBER 8, 2021

My biggest concern for housing in the years 2020-2024 was that if the demographic push in demand picks up and total home sales get over 6. million new and existing home sales combined. This type of sales growth — which couldn’t happen from 2008-2019, as I have often stated — is coming with a hefty price tag.

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Realty Biz

JULY 19, 2022

This article might be premature because across most of the country home sales continue happening rapidly. Many of these will be new investors that don’t have experience with the pre-foreclosures, short sales, and foreclosures, that occurred during the Great Recession. Instead, short sales are what most investors are looking for.

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Realty Biz

AUGUST 6, 2021

As the market again plows bullishly upward into unaffordable home prices, the most likely cushion from a full market meltdown this time will be stricter bank loan regulations and homeowner equity. The housing bubble bust of 2008 resulted in almost 10 million Americans losing their homes to foreclosures and short sales.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2021

They’ll put the house up for auction either in a sheriff’s or public trustee sale (the name depends on what foreclosure process your state follows). Different types of foreclosure sales. Distressed sales accounted for just 1% of all home sales in April 2021. Short sale. Auction sale. Pre-foreclosure.

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HomeLight

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Short sales can provide an excellent opportunity for potential homebuyers to score a good deal. If you’re in the market to buy a short sale home, you’ll need to prepare for a lengthy closing process and steel yourself to jump through some hoops not generally associated with traditional sales. What is a short sale?

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RIS Media

MARCH 25, 2021

When the housing bubble burst, roughly nine million families lost their homes to foreclosure or short sale between 2006 and 2014. According to the Federal Reserve, foreclosures during a time of high unemployment could depress prices, plunging homeowners across the country deeper into negative equity. in December 2019.

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HomeLight

JULY 31, 2022

Here are some options for pulling a successful sale, regardless of where you stand on your mortgage. Check your equity to get started. As a military member selling a house, the options available to you depend on your equity , which is the percent of your home that you own outright.

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Realty Biz

MAY 22, 2022

A Short History of ARMs. Adjustable-rate mortgages were a significant contributing factor to the Great Recession foreclosures and short sales. People that couldn’t pay their mortgages were losing their homes to foreclosure and short sales. Jump forward to today’s housing market.

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Real Trends

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Are we on the all-new crazy train, destined to crash off the cliff in a pile of short sales and foreclosures? Are distressed sales headed to your market? The headlines say that the influx of active listings will drive prices down, reduce the velocity of sales and, consequently, wreck the market. Is the bubble bursting?

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First Team Real Estate

JANUARY 29, 2021

With the moratorium on home foreclosures, distressed sales have dipped to their lowest levels ever, making up less than half a percent of the listing inventory and demand in Southern California. homeowners are more financially stable and have more equity in their homes. Approximately 7.5% What will house prices do in 2021?

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 30, 2020

From there, it can be two to three months to the scheduled sale of your property if you take no action to square up with the mortgage company, HUD’s guidelines note. Don’t let any stigma keep you from making wise financial decisions about the sale of your home. This pre-foreclosure period is actually the best time to sell.

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HomeLight

OCTOBER 5, 2020

As fate would have it, right when you’re ready to start seriously searching for a home to buy, your dream house is listed for sale as a short sale. If you don’t know about short sale requirements for buyers, you might feel like you’re out of luck. What’s a short sale?

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HomeLight

JUNE 8, 2021

Alternatively, you could request a full cash offer through a platform like Simple Sale , slashing your closing timeline to 10 days or the move-out date of your choosing. Myles Daniel , a real estate investor in Greenville, SC, spoke with HomeLight about the types of challenges or situations that can require a fast sale.

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Easy Agent Pro

OCTOBER 29, 2020

Overnight, real estate agents became “short sale experts” during a time when few even knew what the term meant. Brush up on the foreclosure and short sale process by taking the classes (it’s actually a one-day session you can do online” leading to NAR’s short sale and foreclosure designation.

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HomeLight

JUNE 16, 2023

The crowds, the fast-talking auctioneers, the large amounts of money being bid: Auctions are exciting no matter what’s for sale, and when it’s a house up for auction, then it’s no wonder that foreclosure auctions can capture the imagination of many a home shopper. Here are seven ways to buy a home at auction without cash. after six months.

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HomeLight

MARCH 23, 2023

But no matter the timing, experts agree that it’s important to identify some essential cooperative actions that can lead to a successful sale. Dividing up responsibilities for a successful sale Who is responsible for updating the other party on the status of the sale? need to be met (i.e., Who has access to those assets?

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RIS Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Approved for short sale : A term that indicates that a bank has approved a homeowner for a reduced listing price on a home, and said home is ready for resale. Closing costs : Fees associated with the purchase of a home due at the end of the sales transaction. The fee, usually 0.3 – 1.5

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 2, 2021

One of them is a short sale. The process is complicated and confusing, often leaving a worrisome question in its wake: How long does a short sale stay on your credit? What is a short sale? Once you gain the lender’s approval, you can list your home for sale. Source: (Vidar Nordli-Mathisen / Unsplash).

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RIS Media

MARCH 23, 2022

resulted in repayment plans, short sales, deed-in-lieus or other reasons. The takeaway: Walsh claims multiple factors contributed to this positive trend including “the availability of variable loss mitigation options, low unemployment that is now below 4.0%, strong wage growth, and rising home equity.”. The remaining 1.2%

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