Tag Archives: short sale

We Are Trying to Buy a House With a Short Sale But It’s Going Nowhere. – Joy

“Dear Andy, We are buyers. We have placed more than two offers on a short sale. First time, we were apparently out-bidded. Second, house was taken off market, then placed on active status and our #2 offer was put through with the Sellers paperwork to the bank. It was “accepted”. Offer made in October of [...]

My Ex-Husband Wants to Give Me the House. He Can’t Afford the Payments. – Kelly

“Dear Steve, Ex and I divorced last year. I left him the house but the judge did tell us the decree did not relieve me of the mortgage responsibility. Unfortunately he was not able to refi because of his current income. Called me last week to ask if I’d like the house back because he [...]

I’m Separating From My Husband, Filing Chapter 7 Bankruptcy and Want to Do a Short Sale. – Tina

“Dear Andy, Originally purchased house in 1999 for 162,500. We have refinanced about three times over the years to help pay for some credit card repayment and also home improvement. The cost of refinancing has added about $10K on average each time, with the last re-fi adding on $20K (special loan because of PMI issues). [...]

Should I Do a Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure or Short Sale With Bank of America? – Pat

“Dear Andy, We originally had Countrywide Mortgage provider 2005 ( a fannie mae loan), we were then one day just notified that our new mortgage holder was Bank of America. We have been paying a PMI of around $220.00. In September of last year we filed for a short sale and were approvedin Feb, three [...]

I Have Stress and Cancer. I’m Also Struggling to Get Out From My Wells Fargo Mortgage. – Tarah

“Dear Andy, I bought my house 4 years ago. My value has dropped over 100K. I live Maryland. My mortgage is Non-Conforming. I have attempted to refinances 2 and denied because of my appraisal. I also attempted to get a modification 2 times and the investor denied it both times. I am current on my [...]

Short Sale – How Long Does This Short Sale Process Take? – Mandy

“Dear Andy, My husband and I made the decision to do a short sale on our home so that I could be closer to my employer. We began this “situation” over 6 months ago and still have not closed!!!!!! My Realtor has missed deadlines, asked me to pay more money, etc. Am I able to [...]

We Tried to Sell Our House With a Short Sale But It Never Sold. Should We Let it Go to Foreclosure? – JoAnn

“Dear Andy, We have been in a bad mortgage for 7 years now where you only pay part of the interest and the rest gets tacked onto the principal well, we took the loan out for 347,000 but now owe 460,000. which the house isn’t even worth. For 4 years now we have been trying [...]

We Are Trying to Do a Short Sale But What Are the Tax Consequences. – Monica

Owe 885000.00 on home. Home will short sale for about 600000.00. Primary residence. Live in California. Conventional loan. We have been working on a loan modification and are unsuccessful in getting a permanent modification, which is what we have been trying for. We have been offered several temporary solutions. We are now looking at Short [...]

California Warns Consumers About Short Sale Fraud

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. today joined the California Department of Real Estate and the State Bar of California to warn homeowners about an alarming rise in short sale fraud across California in a field “rife with scam artists“. A short sale is an arrangement in which a homeowner sells his or her [...]

Lost Your Home in Foreclosure? You May Be Getting a BIG Bill.

Many people believe that simply because they have lost their home in foreclosure that their financial worries are now behind them. Not so fast bucko. If a lender has taken a loss on a property that was foreclosed on they can go after the consumer for the amount due after the foreclosure. This is why [...]

Our House is Worth Less Than Half of What it Was and Our Income is Down 30%. – Brian

“Dear Steve, In substantial debt and considering best option to get out of it. My wife and I have $104K in unsecured debt, owe $510K on our home that is now worth $230K, and we have seen a 30% reduction in our income this year which is the straw that broke the camel’s back. Our [...]

My Mortgage Lender Said They Won’t Modify My Loan But Will Agree to a Short Sale – Lindsey

Lindsey wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

I Bought a House With 100% Financing And Now Can’t Afford It. – Sandy

Sandy wrote to me through the GetOutOfDebt.org site and asked the following question. If you have a credit or debt question you’d like to ask just use the online form. I’m happy to help you totally for free. Income from the GetOutOfDebt.org site advertising is used to help alleviate poverty. If you would like to [...]

Our Mortgage Loan Was Modified and the Monthly Payment Went Up. – Sandra

“Dear Steve, My husband and I had a financial hadship situation last year and got behind on our morgage payments to Countrywide (now Bank of America). Early this year, we started the loan modification process and in July we were notified that the loan had been modified. I was very disappointed since they only included [...]

What’s Going on With My Second Mortgage? Did They Settle Or Not? – Greg

“Dear Steve, I owned a home in Arizona but had to move due to a job change. I continued to pay for 2 years in hopes that the market would turn and I could sell it, after which I turned to a short sale to be free of it. The primary bank accepted the sale [...]