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Going to sell my home on a short sale, I have questions .?

I'm going to have to sell my home on a short sale. I have found out that the home is not worth what I paid for it 5 years ago with 20K down on it now. If your in finance or have been thu this your Information will really help me out a lot.

I had great credit yesterday on my credit report. I'm at 770 av. on the three big ones. Medical reasons and then loss of her job and we are going up side down. No savings left now.

We got in touch with the lender, we got a run around, three hours late were hiring a Lawyer type lender/provider service for help with dealing with them and setting up a short sale. It is listed now for the tax value of the home and land only. About 80K short when it is all done.

We don't want to file bankruptcy.

Questions:

Will the short sell clear us out on the home or will we end up having to file bankruptcy to clear it off?

Were will our credit score go to now? (were at 770 today)

If it doesn't sell, we can only pay our other bills with help from a doctor friend, so when are we on the street?

Anything else you can tell us about this and the out come would be helpful,

Thank you

John

Update:

We have talked to the lender and they will not work with us until were behind three months in the rears. We will be 3500. a month short until the work returns to this aera of the country. (WA)

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
    Favorite Answer

    They will not approve a short sale for the tax value. That is absurd.

    You need to price it near the appraised value.

    Your credit will fall to about 520 with the short sale, a tiny bit better then a foreclosure.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not enough info

    Lender has to approve a short sale and these companies like you hired are really not necessary and many don't really deliver. And listing it for short sale doesn't mean it sells.

    CALL your lender and talk with them. See if you can do a loan modification and lower your interest rate. Could you stay in home if your payments were less? Consider a deferment request from lender, due to wife's loss of job--they let you pay interest only for 3 months.

    If you can stick it out, you're better off, but not always possible, I know. The housing market will stabilize and your home will recover some if not all of its value.

    A short sale, and a deed in lieu of foreclosure both will strongly negatively impact your excellent credit.

    Check out the new federal programs, affordability.

    Check out HUD approved credit counselor, Hud Hope for Homes. Keep searching, don't just give up.

    Source(s): real estate attorney
  • 1 decade ago

    Call your lender and see if you can do a loan modification rather than a short sale or foreclosure. They can stretch your payments our over a longer period, give you a lower interest rate or both. The other route is to sell short sale or foreclosure which will both hurt your credit. Also they may come back after you for a deficiency if it sells for less than owed. With a skilled Realtor and allot of prayer, they may be able to reduce the deficiency owed. Remember the longer it goes on, the more you may owe so time is your enemy. Call ASAP!

    Source(s): I am a Realtor.
  • alban
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • 1 decade ago

    the lender has to approve a shot sale, you cant do it on your own.

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