What is a Short Sale?
Real estate foreclosures in Knox County, Ohio are on the rise. Due to the increase in unemployment, I believe it is realistic that home foreclosures will continue to increase until the job market rebounds. Home foreclosures can cause serious stress and these types of financial challenges are one of the biggest factors influencing the increased divorce rate among married couples today.
Did you know that a high percentage of the homes that are foreclosed on could have avoided foreclosure and the owner could have sold the home through a REALTOR? This is where the term Short Sale comes into play.
The Short Sale Explained. (Just click the play button)
In today's current housing market, many people owe more on their home than their home is worth. There are many reasons a homeowner may owe more on their home than it is currently worth and here are some examples:
- This may have happened because the value of the home simply dropped.
- They refinanced their original loan and rolled the closing costs into the new loan.
- They may have added a home equity loan and financed the closing costs into the loan.
- They did a cash out refinance to pay off other consumer debts, vehicles and credit cards.
- Many owners refinance to pay unexpected medical bills or funeral expenses.
- Divorces, in many cases, create the need to refinance a home when one of the spouses wants to maintain ownership of the home and often at that point they are required to remove the ex spouse from legal ownership and financial obligation.
- There are dozens of reasons why someone might owe more on their home than it is worth and in many cases it could even be a combination of any of the items listed above.
