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Will Foreclosures Dominate 2011 Home Sales in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County?
By Scott Rogers  •  January 25, 2011     
The Associate Press (AP) story below ran a few weeks ago in the Daily News Record.  AP stories often don't reflect market realities here in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County, so I must admit I didn't really believe it to be true in our local area.

Record Foreclosures in 2011?

This headline came to mind again, however, when I was analyzing the 47 properties to go under contract in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County thus far in 2011.  Each statistic below speaks to the types of properties that are actually selling these days, and the types of buyers that are actually buying.

Of the 47 properties that have gone under contract thus far in 2011....

2011 To Date

2011 To Date

2011 To Date
 
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Based on information from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of REALTORS® or its MLS, for the period Jan 1, 2000 through Dec 24, 2024 (unless otherwise noted).

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A Typical Short Sale Time Table In Virginia
By Scott Rogers  •  November 5, 2009     
Earlier this week I attended an educational session put on by the Virginia Association of Realtors in regards to Short Sales which was very informative!  I am currently representing a buyer who has a contract on a house that will be a short sale, and I am currently representing a seller whose listing will likely result in a short sale.  Thus, in addition to being quite interesting, the top down overview prepared me to better represent my clients.

First, my simplified definition of a short sale is any home sale where the proceeds will not provide the sellers with enough money to pay off the mortgage(s) in full, and where the sellers can't come up with the rest of the money themselves, and where the bank agrees to release the lien against the house anyhow, even though they aren't being paid in full.

One very helpful part of our training session was an explanation of the typical foreclosure timeline (shown below) and how and when a short sale can fit in to prevent the foreclosure.

Short Sale Time Table
Click on the image above for a larger JPG version of the timeline, or click here for a PDF version.

As you can see, above, when a homeowner knows they are headed towards foreclosure there is often still plenty of time to attempt to arrange a short sale rather than to simply wait for the foreclosure to transpire.  Yet at the same time, as the foreclosure (trustee sale) looms nearer and nearer, the possibilitiy for a short sale diminishes.

What else do you need to know about short sales and foreclosures?  A LOT!
  • If you're selling at a loss, but have the money to pay off the balance of the loan yourself, the bank won't permit a short sale.
  • If you defrauded the bank when you applied for and received the mortgage (overstating income, etc) you likely won't be approved for a short sale.
  • Lenders usually takes 30-90 days (or more) to provide a conclusive answer on whether they will approve a short sale.
  • Lenders won't give you a concrete answer up front as to whether they will approve a short sale --- once you have a contract in hand, they will examine the proposed deal and decide whether to approve it.
  • To be approved for a short sale by your lender you (among other things) must prove financial hardship and show that the proposed deal is generating the best possible sale price.
  • Short sales can provide for great opportunities for buyers, but you must be willing to be patient and work through convoluted and tedious processes.
Feel free to ask questions about short sales and foreclosures below.  I will continue to examine these issues from time to time.

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Based on information from the Harrisonburg-Rockingham Association of REALTORS® or its MLS, for the period Jan 1, 2000 through Dec 24, 2024 (unless otherwise noted).

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