short sale
Let's suppose I own the bank 100K but the market conditions mean that a buyer will only pay 15K for the place. The owner is facing foreclosure and agrees to sell for less IF the bank accepts to take less money that is owed.
For the bank the benefit is to avoid the cost of the foreclosure and recoup part of the money faster than taking the case to court, pay lawyers, not receive payments meanwhile and then try to sell as REO (bank-owned) for whatever the market will pay for it.
For the owner-seller the benefit is to avoid foreclosure. The negative side is that the bank is forgiving a debt so they will have to pay taxes for that money (as it were income)
I hope this helps to explain what a short sale is.
Let's suppose I own the bank 100K but the market conditions mean that a buyer will only pay 15K for the place. The owner is facing foreclosure and agrees to sell for less IF the bank accepts to take less money that is owed.
For the bank the benefit is to avoid the cost of the foreclosure and recoup part of the money faster than taking the case to court, pay lawyers, not receive payments meanwhile and then try to sell as REO (bank-owned) for whatever the market will pay for it.
For the owner-seller the benefit is to avoid foreclosure. The negative side is that the bank is forgiving a debt so they will have to pay taxes for that money (as it were income)
I hope this helps to explain what a short sale is.
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