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Fort Collins Short Sales: Who is in charge during a short sale?

Fort Collins CO – Many home buyers think that the short sale lender is in charge during a short sale. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The short sale lender can only veto short sale offers. They can’t put the property up for sale or decide who to sell it to. Only the home owner can do that. Why is that?

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Until the lender forecloses on the home the home owner is in the driver’s seat. They “own” the property until the lender forecloses.

We have had many buyers get angry that a home owner would not accept their lowball offer. “You have to submit my offer to the lender. If you don’t then that would be fraud”, they tell the home owner.

You, the home owner are in charge. That means that you can make the following decisions.

You are allowed to pick the buyer’s offer that you think the lender will be most likely to accept.

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Fort Collins CO – If you caught the show 60 Minutes on December 18th you may have been brought up to date with how dim the housing situation may be in many areas. It’s not so much that houses aren’t necessarily selling or that buyers aren’t looking; but instead they brought to our attention an alarming statistic.

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Twenty-Five percent of American homeowners today owe more on their homes at this moment than their homes will ever be worth. To prove their point they went to Cleveland, Ohio and showed how many homes were literally being torn down because so many home owners literally have walked away from them completely and leaving them with the banks. They also showed some situations where the homeowners were a little more intense about the fact that they absolutely would do everything possible to not be one of those statistics. The reality was that one woman they showed owed over $100k on a home that was valued at $50k or less. The value of her home was quickly declining as more and more of her neighbors simply moved away from the places that had once been their dream homes. Sadly becoming a typical scenario more and more so throughout American, including Fort Collins, CO.

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Fort Collins CO – Short Sales are a situation that can often cause emotional turmoil as well as financial. It’s amazing how quick people are to judge others but times may be changing when it comes to today’s financial situations. We’re all feeling tough times. We all have seen local businesses close, people we know losing jobs they’ve had for years, and seen how the cost of living increases while the income we’re making doesn’t seem to be keeping the same pace.

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Most of us don’t speak “legal-eze” and personally I’m thankful that most of us also don’t operate like some lenders. It’s hard to understand why a lender will jump at doing a Short Sale on a home as opposed to working with someone who’s done everything in their power to make right the situation they’ve ended up in, being overdue with the lender.

Many lenders somehow find it more logical to do a Short Sale than to work with the original owner and re-finance or negotiate terms that make it more reasonable for the owner to make regular payments again. Placing the overdue amounts at the end of your loan and putting you back on track seems more logical to you and I than taking a Short Sale. But then again, when does our logic seem to match the logic of most lenders?

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Fort Collins CO – While most people think of realtors as a person you turn to only when you’re buying or selling a home; many don’t realize that a realtor’s expertise in the housing industry can help you in other ways also. If you are facing possible foreclosure, turning to a realtor for help may be one of the smartest options to choose.

While realtors can’t give legal advice about handling foreclosures, they can show you many options that are available to you as both a home owner facing possible foreclosure and as a possible home buyer if you should have to release your home to the lender.

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1.) The right Fort Collins realtor will know the area well and be able to guide you as to how others in your situation in the same area have handled similar circumstances.

2.) A realtor can explain “Short Sales” to you; which could be an option for you depending upon your situation.

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