Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Negotiating A Short Sale Purchase!

By Gavin J. King

With the latest real estate developments, the business is rolling out some major incentives for new homes owners and investors. A primary example is the ever evolving world of lending and the institutional guidelines and rules that are being implemented every day that will affect your loan. Despite this enormous amount of work that is waiting, too many future homeowners do not even know how to start narrowing their choices on short sales.

Just because a home is listed as a short sale doesn't mean the market value is at the price it is offered so don't fall for the label before completing your research. This is true given the fact that the home is being offered in a price rate that is definitely lower than what the home owner originally owes the mortgage provider for the home loan. It is vitally important to make sure that your value is a fair value and not an inflated one, or you may find yourself exactly where the person selling you the short sale is in no time at all.

It helps to know that time consumption is one of the most imminent components you ought to deal with when purchasing properties of this type. This is because the process of approving the qualifications of a real estate viable for short sale takes a longer route than the usual. Banks do not like to write off losses and will do just about anything to prevent that, including ask your real estate agent to reduce their commission.

They may even actively undermine your purchase contract by accepting competing contracts while they are looking at yours. Chasing short sales without making sure you have enough time to spend on them can end up costing you by missing your mortgage rate lock or any other important time limit.

The best route to go is to make sure your real estate agent has experience with not only short sales, but maybe even REO real estate and as many other facets of real estate as possible as this will help in the background of experience they can draw from for you. They may just end up providing you with crucial insight at just the right time so you avoid a catastrophe that may cost you big time. Your real estate agent should be doing things like contacting the REO department of the bank on the sellers behalf to make sure things are going as planned and all the paperwork is in. Checking in on your real estate agent with the local commission is always a good idea in the beginning to, just to avoid anyone who may not be forthright.

Searching for short sales should be easy and painless, as your real estate agent will have access to many listing on the local MLS. Most companies know the appeal of this real estate type to potential buyers hence they are definitely preparing a list of homes under this category. There a local multiple listing services available for these establishments hence you may request if they can provide you with the information you need.

Next to REOs, short sales are about the best way to make sure you are buying equity and getting a good deal doing so. It may require your time, money and effort but the outcome is certainly rewarding and productive for your investment. - 23204

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