When you bought your home you did it for a number of reasons; favorable location, size, beauty, tired of renting…etc. Naturally the main reason you purchased was to make an investment. After all, when you purchased, house prices were climbing and you counted on that to make your hard earned dollars increase by selling at a later date for a higher price. Now that you are ready to sell, you’ve run into a bump in the road due to a downturn in the economy and suddenly your house is worth less now than when you bought it.
If your situation requires you to sell, what can you do? One thing you don’t want to do is sell for less that what you paid and therefore have to keep making payments on a home you no longer own.
Perhaps you’ve read about short selling your home and you think this may be the answer to your problem. Before you do, I’d like you to consider a few things.
First off let’s discuss what a short sell is.
That is when you approach your mortgage lender and negotiate a lower payoff on your home in hopes of making the home more competitive in today’s struggling economy.
Now that the short sell has been defined, let’s discuss it a little more in depth.
First consider that this isn’t something that banks like to do because it costs them the higher price and that brings a negative consequence to their bottom line. Yes it beats having a non-performing asset on their books, but banks are in business to make money and your proposition goes against that basic goal. Most banks will be unreceptive to the idea and others will be downright hostile towards it. You are facing an uphill battle.
The next thing to consider is your financial consequences.
While this method of reducing your home mortgage, it reflects badly on your credit. Think about it. You just walked into your mortgage lender and said you can no longer afford to pay. Do you think they will be eager to lend you money in the future? Do you think other banks will?
Of course you can tell yourself that you will not need to borrow money in the future, but that, in most cases, is simply untrue. One of the side effects we are seeing in economy is higher interest rates, and it will only get worse in the near future. What this means for you is higher prices for every commodity you purchase. If your income does not keep up with inflation, you will make less money plain and simple.
So now that we are clear that short selling your home is not the proper way to go, the question is now, what do I do?
Luckily there is an answer. You can sell your home and not only do you not have to lower your price, but in most cases you can even raise it. What could be better than this? Selling your home in this manner is free to you and in fact can make you money…lots of money up front.
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