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What’s a Short Sale in Real Estate? This FAQ Sheet Breaks Down the Basics

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In the midst of these financial straits, there may be a slightly better option: a short sale. But what is a short sale, and is it the right route for you? Weve broken out the most common questions about short sales to help you make a more informed decision about your next steps. What is a short sale?

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Pandemic may lead to foreclosure crisis, CoreLogic says

Housing Wire

The share of loans with payments 90 days to 119 days late quadrupled between May and June, rising to 2.3%, the highest level in more than 21 years, said Frank Nothaft, CoreLogic’s chief economist. While they have permission to miss their payments, the mortgage industry still counts the loans as delinquent. Currently, about 3.6

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What’s behind the sharp decline in mortgage delinquencies?

Housing Wire

It is important to note that in MBA’s NDS, loans are marked as delinquent if payments are not made in accordance with the terms of the mortgage. Thus, even if loans are in forbearance, if the borrower does not make a payment, the loan is counted as delinquent. Source: MBA’s National Delinquency Survey. This represents about 1.5

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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

My rule to get the housing market out of the unhealthy stage is that we need total inventory back between 1.52 Because we had a housing credit bubble from 2002 to 2005, the credit demand push on exotic loan debt structures was a setup for future forced credit selling. Inventory is always seasonal. million and 1.93 I use the 1.52-1.93

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What do economic trends mean for housing in 2023?

Housing Wire

As broader economic events have taken center stage since last summer, the market has grown increasingly volatile. The vast majority of new mortgages were fixed rate loans that were originated or refinanced at the lowest rates of all time. To register, go here. In March 2023, it was just 2.2

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Will we start 2022 with all-time lows in housing inventory?

Housing Wire

.” Getting ahead of this flawed premise, I wrote a series of articles that point out that this isn’t the credit bubble of 2002-2005, and the loans post-2010 were good. We have gone from near 5 million loans in forbearance to finally breaking under 1 million recently. America came back strong, and we left this crew in the dust.

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Definitions for Deal-Seeking Buyers: Short Sales, Foreclosures, and REO Homes

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You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?