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Short Sale Affects Credit Score - how many points do you lose?

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MichelleR


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I am currently in a short sale with my investment property and I just found out through my agent that my second loan wanted about $ 8,900.00 to proceed with the short sale (I owe $90,000 total for 2nd loan) I dont have money so we offered $1,000.00 because my agent said we had to offer something, if not we would kill the short sale. Plus my 1st is already giving them $3,000.00 But the rest will go into a recovering account (collections) and I would have to negociate with them again. Does this sound normal? Should I just foreclose? I obviously dont have the money and even if I make payment plans with the collection dept it will be hard to pay. (they will send all the remaining amount to collections)
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Hi Michelle,

Doing a normal foeclosure will not help you in any way. You will still be liable to pay off the second loan. Even if the second loan is charged off to a collection agency, you need to keep makng the payments to the agency.

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Jerry
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We are currently thinking of a short sale due to a relocation to another state. If we short sale but do not miss any payments (the relocation will cause a financial hardship, current loan + renting a home in new state) how badly will this affect our credit if we do not miss payments but have a "debt settled for less" on our credit?
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Hi john,

A short sale lowers your credit by almost 70-100 points. If you do not have any missed payments, it will definitely be good because if you have any, it will drop your credit score further.
juanita


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Post     Post subject: can a short sale???

i am considering on a short sale! i own other properties. if i short sale on one will it effect my other properties?
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Hi

If one of your properties is foreclosed on t might affect your other properties. The lender cannot foreclose on your other properties, but they can get a judgment against you for the non-payment of deficient money and can put a lien on your other properties.
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Help! I bought my house in 2005 for 75K more than it's worth now. I was single when I bought, I am now married with two kids. The house is only a two bedroom, so we decided to rent it out and buy another. Now that we have moved into the other, the renters who where giong to rent the first house from us backed out. Now we are stuck with no one else wanting to rent it (Agent says we can only get about 1000/month (mortgage is 1600) I can't take that kind of a monthly hit, and like I said it's been a month with no new renters. I am now faced with nothing to do but a short sale.

My credit score is pretty good (730) My biggest fear is if this process takes 4 months, I don't know how to stay current on both loans. Is there a general rule of thumb as to how many points my score will drop if I am one payment late every other month on the first house? I know the short sale will drop me at least 80 points. Just trying to get a handle on how much more it will drop since I don't have 6K in reserves to pay both notes.

As far as paying taxes on the 'ghost money' is it generally due all at once, or can a payment plan be set up? Since I have the loan on hte other house, without the financial means to immediatly pay it off, does that make me insovlent?

Lastly, when the lender makes you pay back the defficiency balance, are the loans usually interest free? What are the terms? 30 years, or less? Will I have a lein put on my current property until the debt is paid, or since the loan for the defficiency is unsecured, does it not matter?


Thank you so much for your help!
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Post     Post subject: a few more questions

had a few more ?'s to add from above. Since my first house was my primary res. for the last 4 years, but is not longer, does this make me not qualify for the obama 'no tax' law on the deficincy income?

How do I find out if my mortgage is recourse or non recourse
anonymous loser


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Post     Post subject: i just bought another house and cant mantain both payments

I just bought another house what if i cant rent or maintain both payments
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Hi mashortsale,

There is no rule of thumb as such as as to tell you how many points the credit score will drop due to the short sale. Generally, the score drops by 80-100 points, but if there are late payments they might drop the score further. If you cannot pay off the tax on the deficient amount at a time, you can pay it off at your convenience. But until it is paid off it will remain on your credit report. If you do not pay it, the lender may put a lien on your other properties. As you do not live in the property it will not be considered as your primary residence and you may not qualify for the tax relief if the deficiency is forgiven by the lender.

Hi anonymous,

If you cannot afford mortgage payments on both the houses you can request your lender to modify the loan. Through modification, your monthly payments can be reduced. This will help you be current on your payments. You can also refinance to consolidate the two mortgages so you have to pay only one single payment for both the loans.

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Jerry
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I recently just sold my house on a short sale. I had a 1st and 2nd mortgage and due to divorce and the fact that my home was now only worth 80% of what I purchased it for I had to do the short sale. After the long and I mean long ordeal of the short sale process and the mortgage company who shall remain nameless but essentially screwed up my file from day one; I finally closed in APril 2009. My question is I ran my credit with all three agencies to see what the damage of the short sale did to my credit and I was dumfounded to discover that the mortgage holder had three separate things reported to each agency none of which were correct. I've been calling and writing emails to the mortgage company to get someone to correctly report the short sale for all three agencies but again I am getting no where, what other steps can I take to get this taken care of ?
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Hi texasmom,

You'll have to dispute the incorrect information on your credit with the credit agencies. If you're getting no help from your lender's end, you'll have to do it on your own. I suggest you to send letters to the bureaus disputing the wrong information given on your credit report. You'll be required to send them appropriate documents as proof of your claim. They are supposed to respond to your request within 30 days according to the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
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Post     Post subject: Why my credit score dropped

My credit score was 670 about 3 months ago. I went to my bank to get short term loan and my bank advisor told me that my credit score has dropped to 657 beacuse I had 2 enquiries 2 times after it was 670. Please can you tell me, how many points someone drop per one enquiry? Thanks
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For every credit enquiry, the credit score drops by almost 5 points. It's the hard enquiries (the enquiries that arise from your application for a new credit) that cause a drop in your score. Soft enquiries do not cause a decrease in your credit score.
KH


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I filed bankruptcy in 2007. I included my home in the bankruptcy. My atty and the bank agreed to move the home out of the bankruptcy and agreed to not come after me for any deficiencies. I have two signed orders stating the bank waives any deficiences. The bank proceeded with preforeclosure and then filed a lawsuit. I just had two offers on the house and the bank is considering them. The lawsuit is on hold. My question is, if the short sale goes through how will it affect my credit score when I have the agreement of the bank not to come after me for any deficiences?
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