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Short Sale vs Foreclosure: What’s the Difference?

CT Homes

If you find yourself in a tough financial spot, it’s crucial to understand your options, particularly when it comes to a short sale vs foreclosure. A foreclosure occurs when a homeowner fails to make mortgage payments, leading the lender to terminate the homeowner’s rights to the property. What is a Short Sale?

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Why I Should Consider a Short Sale

Realty Biz

Many more homes have been sold since then and some have even gone through short sales. But what is a short sale exactly, and how is it any different than a regular sale, bankruptcy, or foreclosure? How does a short sale affect you as a homeowner? What You Need to Know About Short Sales.

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The 2023 Housing Market: A Look Ahead

Housing Wire

This article is part of our 2022-23 Housing Market Forecast series. 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. There will be two key differences between 2023 and 2010.

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A Seller’s Guide to Finding a Top-Notch Short Sales Realtor®

HomeLight

It’s understandable for homeowners who are faced with the stark realization that they may have to sell their homes for less than they owe on their mortgage to be worried. Because, there’s a lot of uncertainty surrounding a short sale, a homeowner might reach out to the real estate agent who originally sold them their home.

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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. My rule to get the housing market out of the unhealthy stage is that we need total inventory back between 1.52

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Short Sale Closing Costs: What Buyers Should Know

HomeLight

For a homeowner, that might look like not being able to make mortgage payments for a period of time. Unexpected setbacks and misfortunes happen, whether that stems from a dramatic housing market downturn, getting laid off, or any other wrenches that life (or a worldwide pandemic) throws into your plans. Short sales 101.

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Advice on Short-Sale Transactions

The Residential Specialist

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 ®.