Monday, June 16, 2008

What is a Short Sale?

A short sale is an approved “discounted loan payoff”.

Simply put: Through your negotiations, you get the bank to accept less than what is owed as payment on a property, “a discounted payoff”.


Example of a Short Sale:

The market price of house is : $125,000 (There is no equity in the house)

Loan payoff of the house is : $125,000

Marketing fees to sell the house: $7,500

Repairs needed to sell house : $15,000

The house will not sell at $147,500



Who is involved in A Short Sales?

Homeowner - wanting to get out of foreclosure

Lender – who wants to get bad debt off its books

Buyer – who wants a property to fix-up with equity.


WIN / WIN / WIN – for all three

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