Central Florida Short Sales: March 2010

I've got news for ya. You already did. When you purchased the property. You signed two documents. The mortgage. That created the lien and gave the lender the right to foreclose on your property (their collateral). And, you signed a promissory note. That was/is your personal promise to pay back the money you borrowed.

The Short Sale releases the lien (mortgage). It may or may not release you from the note. If the Lender is offering to swap out your $200,000 note, that you already signed, for a $10,000 at ZERO interest over 10 years then......why not sign and be done with it?

Think about it before you answer. Consult with an attorney. Then make the decision that works for you. Just don't say "I ain't signing no frickin' note!!!" without thinking it through. Make sense?

I have a Short Sale with Bank of America that I have been working on for a very long time. In fact we are on our 4th Buyer. This Buyer has been under contract since August and has been very patient. I won't bore you with the details but just suffice it to say that today was the day I needed to get some answers. So I fired off this email to a whole bunch of people in high places.

To who it may concern,

Bank of America's lack of response to this short sale is disheartening to say the least. My seller has been jumping through hoops for over a year trying to work something out with your bank. We now have the FOURTH buyer that is willing and able to close on this property at market value yet your bank has now closed the file for "Insufficient offer".

The call center states the file was closed on 4 February even though I have emails from X on the 17th of February stating it was still at the Investors. Was she lying? Or just out of the loop? In fact a new BPO was ordered and done on February 5th.

Back in November I had a long email thread with L who had asked the buyer to raise the contract price from $65,000 to $67,500. They did.  She then asked the seller to contribute $2,700 in cash. He agreed. We thought at this time that we were close to getting an approval. 

The transaction went dead until I heard from L on 12-21-09 telling me the file had been switched over to X

At this time I started trying get an update from X. I was told by her on 2-1-10 that the file was with the investor and had been submitted on 1-8-10. I was again told by her on 2-17-10 that it was still with the investor.

On 3-5-10 the call center told me the file was approved by Freddie Mac on 3-3-10 and that I should be getting the letter at any time. I called back in on 3-09-10 and was told the file was closed. Since then I have sent numerous emails to X and a couple of emails to her supervisor and have not received a response from either. I have also left several messages on X's voice mail that have not  been returned.

Today I am filing a complaint with the OCC and the BBB. Of course I'm sure you have a very long list of complaints so one more probably means nothing to you. 

I have been working short sales for several years and understand the frustrations on all sides of the transaction. What I don't understand is the complete lack of communication on this file. If you are not going to approve the short sale then tell us so. Ignoring us is just wasting our time.

I am the co-owner and founder of a network of Short Sale agents throughout the country called www.ShortSaleSuperStars.com  From what I have read on our site, agents and consumers everywhere are pissed off with your complete incompetence. But that's an issue for a media interview and has nothing to do with this email.

So back on topic. What can I do to HELP you get this file approved and off your desk? THE END

I received a response in 15 minutes and should have my approval tomorrow. Life is good. If you are facing foreclsoure please give ma a call. I may be bale to help.

 

Do NOT be foreclosed on! Avoid foreclosure. Short Sales DO close.

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Hi Folks. Recently I have had two Buyers balk at providing me personal info I need if they want to purchase a Bank of America Short Sale. I really do understand where they coming from but....most of the big lenders including Bank of America and GMAC are now running most of their short sales through http://www.Equator.com.

Supposedly the Equator system will help to shorten the time involved with getting these Short Sales approved. From what I'm hearing Bank of America is giving approvals in 60-90 days as opposed to the 6-9 months they were taking. That's a good thing.

The Equator system is asking for some personal Buyer info. I assume this is to make sure transactions are "arms length". If the Buyers want to purchase a Bank of America Short Sale then we have to enter the data.

The reality is it's less data than what the closing agent will want and far less than they would have to provide if getting financing.  What Equator is requiring is simply:

• Date of birth
  
• The first 5 digits of their social security number.
  
• The Buyer's address.

That's all we need. No big deal. Of course the Buyers always have the option of just not buying a Bank of America Short Sale. I just hate to see them miss out on a good deal over something so minor. What say you?

Here's the screen shot from Equator.

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Real Estate Market Report for Kissimmee Poinciana Florida for 2009

Comments from Bryant Tutas
Broker/Owner
Tutas Towne Realty, Inc

OK so that chart was fun. I wanted to give a picture of the market in Kissimmee-Poinciana Florida from 2007 to the end of 2009. Check out the depreciation. Property values are down 67% during this 36 month period.

But the good news is values only fell 7% for 2009 and it looks like property values have not only started to level off but may be slowly increasing. 

Here’s another little goody for you. In 2007 there were only 420 sales. 2008 this number increased to 627. In 2009 Poinciana Florida broke an all time record with the most resale property sales in their HISTORY with 1,596!!! That’s awesome!!

Of those 1,596 sales 1,303 of them were either a Foreclosure (1,083) or Short Sale (220). That means that 82% of the property sales in Poinciana Florida for 2009 were distressed properties.

Currently there are 507 properties on the market in the neighborhoods of Poinciana. 102 are foreclosures. 291 are Short sales. 114 are regular listings.

Inventory is real low. It is getting very difficult to find a property in Kissimmee-Poinciana Florida.

Folks if you want to buy in Poinciana now is the time. Do not sit on the side lines any longer or you will be out of luck. If you find a property you like be prepared to make an offer of asking price or more.

If you need to sell…well chances are you will need to do a Short sale. If that’s the case…give me a call. If you are waiting for your homes value to go back to 2006 values…..it ain’t going to happen for many, many years, if EVER, so just get that thought out of your head.

OK that’s it for me. Any questions?