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Should I Stop Making My Mortgage Payments During an Aurora CO Short Sale?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010 by Webmaster

The phrase Short Sale, I find, is a very popular string of words with a whole lot of mis-conceptions. You can find a pretty impressive slew of so called “Short Sale Gurus” on the Internet. Most of them claim the simplicity of Short Sales as an easy option to move your home.

A Short Sale in Aurora Colorado is by no means a slam dunk.  The conditions of a successful Short Sale are varied and complex. There are no guarantees that it will happen. The most unpredictable factor of this equation is how the bank will act and react.

So should you stop making your payment during a short sale process. That question leads to another question. Do you want to see your home go into foreclosure?

If you are able to at all, making your home payment during your attempt to Short Sale is advantageous for a few reasons:

`1-If your Short Sale does not go through then you can opt out without penalties.

If the correct offer is not made on your home in Aurora, or the bank does not accept it for some reason, you will be in a much better position than if you had just quit making your mortgage payments.

2-Making payments will help protect your credit score

For most, if they are seriously considering a Short Sale in Aurora, credit rating is the last thing on their mind. Trying to keep this animal alive is a battle. However if it is at all possible to keep making these payments, it will give you way more options to move on with life once this storm is over.

3-You could purchase another home directly after a short sale

Believe it or not, there is “home purchase” life after a Short Sale. Both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have specific allowances for buyers to purchase a home directly after a Short Sale if they are current on their payments.

If you are a home owner in Aurora CO and you are in financial hardship with your home, don’t give up! We are  Aurora Co Foreclosure Prevention specialists. Give us  a call and let us help you walk through this rough patch in you road of life.

Short Sales Explained

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009 by John Dunn

A short sale can be an excellent solution for homeowners who need to sell, and who owe more on their homes than they are worth. In the past, it was rare for a bank or lender to accept a short sale. Today, however, due to overwhelming market changes, banks and lenders have become much more negotiable when it comes to these transactions. Recent changes in corporate policy and the Obama administration have also improved the chances of getting a short sale approved.

But to be technical, here’s a more official definition:

* A homeowner is ’short’ when the amount owed on his/her property is higher than current market value.
* A short sale occurs when a negotiation is entered into with the homeowner’s mortgage company (or companies) to accept less than the full balance of the loan at closing. A buyer closes on the property, and the property is then ’sold short’ of the total value of the mortgage.

For homeowners to qualify for a short sale, they must Read the rest of this entry »

Vanilla Home Loans on the Way

Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009 by John Dunn

home-loanFor the past decade or more, home loans have tended to be anything but basic. Complex loans, such as those that feature interest-only payments or option Adjustable Rate Mortgages, have been the rule, rather than the exception. The sheer complexity of the home loan marketplace can leave the new home buyer frustrated and confused. In addition, these complex loans are, at least in part, intertwined with the economic downturn in the housing market.

Option-AMR mortgages, for example, allowed the borrower to defer their interest while they made payments on the principal. This worked fine, until home prices began to fall. At that point, payments rose and the deferred interest payments caused many mortgages to increase while the value of the home dropped. This created a huge loss for the lender. Many companies that featured these products, such as Read the rest of this entry »

Videos of homes in the Highlands & Sunnyside Neighborhoods

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 by Monte

These videos are of foreclosed homes in the Highlands and Sunnyside neighborhoods.  These neighborhoods are located in north Denver and have had very active markets recently.

For more information on the Highlands or Sunnyside neighborhoods, or any of these properties please contact John at 720-353-0353.

Inexpensive Rehab Tips (Solutions to Fixing up your Investment Property in The Highlands)

Monday, October 5th, 2009 by John Dunn

home_improvementsNow that you have invested in fixing up your Highlands investment property, you are probably wondering what you got yourself into.  Here are some inexpensive rehab tips to make the job easier, quicker and cost effective:

1.  Starting with the interior, remove debris and clean the inside. You will need to order a dumpster and then have someone haul the trash away.

2.  Get your walls, ceiling and trim ready for painting. You can get an inexpensive masking machine for under $10.00.  Invest in an airless sprayer. The cost is about $300.00 and well worth it.  Use good quality paint. Choose neutral color flat paint such as an antique white, which will make your rooms appear larger.

3.  If you are changing the flooring, do that first and then paint.

4.  Scrape any paint off the windows last. If you are replacing the windows, Read the rest of this entry »