This is a question facing many homeowners who may be considering a “voluntary foreclosure” that is, to simply stop paying the mortgage and give up the home because of how much negative equity has been accrued, this is also known as a strategic walkaway. From their perspective, to continue paying a $375,000 mortgage [...]
A recent policy change by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is encouraging flipping to foster more sales of foreclosure homes. This is a major shift in policy, as the regulations until now required a home to be on the market for 90 days before a home could be flipped.
“Flipping” Coplan said, [...]
Another topic of discussion lately in the real estate world is “Why do banks take so long to respond?” If you’re an agent or a waiting prospective buyer, you either already know that it may take one, two or even three weeks (or months) for the bank to respond to your offer or you’re [...]