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Short Sale Hardship Requirements-An Introduction
A short sale is the sale of a house in which the proceeds fall short of what the owner still owes on the mortgage.
I'd like to make you familiar with the hardship tests required to qualify a home owner for a short sale. This information will help you understand the market better as an investor and aid you in zeroing in on the best deals.
As you might expect, lenders are not happy about short sales because, like anyone else, they hate losing money! That means they consider a short sale a last resort, and they're going to make sure the defaulting owner meets their hardship tests before anything else happens. Below, I cover the typical tests that must be met before a property qualifies for a short sale:
Bad Health Chronic or catastrophic health issues can have a huge negative impact on a family and its finances. With today's ever-rising medical costs, it doesn't take much time to empty a family's bank account. When this happens, debts accumulate fast, and soon the borrower can't meet the mortgage payment.
A spouse's death, especially if they were the primary bread winner, can create havoc with a family's finances, especially if they bought too much house to begin with.
Divorce can be expensive, no surprise there. In some cases, when income drops dramatically, this requires that a jointly-owned home be sold.
When soldiers are called up, their income can take significant hit, especially if they're required to endure long tours of duty. Note: Lenders consider this a true hardship since it's out of the control of the borrower and in service of the country.
In some cases, an employer transfers a borrower to another area and his or salary drops instead of increasing. If the owner is unable to sell or rent the property, then the hardship test is met.
When a borrower suffers an injury or disease bad enough to cripple or eliminate income, then, obviously, he or she can't meet the mortgage payments, and the property is taken back.
When borrowers lose their jobs due to downsizing, company closings, or other factors, they're often unable to meet mortgage payments because most haven't saved enough to cover expenses.
Other Factors Beyond the standards listed above, there are sometimes other factors involved in producing short sales.
One is that a property was bought at an inflated price. In the meantime, the market has dropped dramatically due to various economic conditions.
A second factor is that a property has been refinanced at, say, 125% of value, and that value was based on an over-inflated property appraisal report. Then, the area in which the home is located takes a severe economic blow, drastically dropping property values.
A third factor occurs when due to economic conditions (local or national) beyond the owner's control, the home's value has dropped to a value below the loan balance.
A fourth reason relates to the "as-is condition of the property. Sometimes, properties deteriorate almost beyond repair, making it impossible for the lender to put it back into resale condition.
A final factor causing a short sale happens when the purchase price of the home is more than the lender is able to sell the property for after foreclosure.
In summary, short sales aren't a happy time for anyone for obvious reasons--except the knowledgeable investor. However, keep in mind that short sale opportunities aren't all that frequent, compared to other types of investments. You can pick up some great bargains, but you will definitely have to invest more "sweat equity" in terms of time and patience than, say, foreclosures, rehabs, and other forms of deals.
Key Idea: Be completely familiar with the entire short sale process before engaging in this market.
Article Source: OrganizingWeb.net
About the Author
Jack Sternberg is the creator of the renowned "Buyers First Program". As the "gurus' guru", he is well known by the professional creative real estate community as "Obi-Won Kenobi". Having been a full time investor since 1977, Mr. Sternberg has been "at" the closing table more than 1,500 times. Mr. Sternberg has the depth of experience that lend value to his associations. Contact Mr. Sternberg at www.askjacksternberg.com
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