short sale investing

Dealing With The Push For Deed-in-Lieu

September 6, 2010

Recently, Bank of America sent out nearly 100,000 solicitations to distressed homeowners offering them a chance at a deed-in-lieu transaction. “Deed-in-lieu” refers to giving the deed to your home to a lender in order to circumvent the foreclosure process. You get to walk away from your home, and the lender declares the debt resolved because you returned the home, your collateral. Many lenders have announced that they will offer a variety of incentives for this type of transaction because it saves them a great deal of time and money in processing costs even though they may take a hit when they try to resell the home in today’s market.

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Short Sale Disclosures: Important Tools For Protection

September 2, 2010

Short sales will be important to the recovery of the housing market. With so many homes in foreclosure, banks and homeowners alike are relying on the short sale process to prevent the foreclosure tide from swamping the market and the lenders themselves. However, as short sales are increasingly regulated and the target of more and more media focus, it becomes increasingly important for short sale negotiators to apply stringent rules for full disclosure to their short sale transactions.

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