Posts Tagged short sales

Short Sale May Get Easier, Good for Everyone

Do you remember last year being the year of foreclosures? Well, this year looks like it is about to become the year of short sales.

In Phoenix alone, the amount of finished short sales, in which lenders sold homes for a lower mortgage value, went up by 60% at the end of 2009. Last month, bank-owned home sales went down by 25% compared to a year before, as traditional sales went up by 9% and short sales went up by 16%.
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All about Short Sales

Real estate short sales are getting to be extremely common in Dublin, California. In fact, out of 255 pending or active homes in Dublin, 133 of them happen to be short sales. In a nutshell, if your home was purchased between 2003 and 2008, your loan debts are probably much more compared to your actual home’s worth. And, if you keep living there while paying the mortgage, your overall credit rating will probably not get a significant impact if your loan is “upside down”.

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