Saturday, September 27, 2008

FHA REFINANCES OF SHORT PAYOFFS

The most profound comment on the FHA Short Refinance came from Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke said it best:

"With low or negative equity... a stressed borrower has less ability
(because there is no home equity to tap) and less financial incentive to try to
remain in the home. In this environment, principal reductions that restore some
equity for the homeowner may be a relatively more effective means of avoiding
delinquency and foreclosure."

This is what the FHA short refinance is all about. Learn about this fha refinance program and the reduced (short) payoff that accompanies the loan. We hope to report more on the FHA refinance program at a future date.

FHA REFINANCES OF SHORT PAYOFFS

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Short the Payoff on an FHA Refinance

With property values declining in most parts of the country and lending tightening, we are arguably in a difficult mortgage lending period and one that affects fha refinacining to a high degree. This causes many FHA refinances to be short funds to pay off the present mortgage balance. This is called a short refinance through FHA and is popular among FHA enthusiasts and particularly among the FHA borrowers who are short mortgage funds to close on the new refinance.

The FHA Housing Bill is intended to spur FHA short refinances into action. The primary problem with this is the fact that the FHA refinance program is a voluntary and the lenders who have mortgage loan balances will not be quick to short the payoff funds. Tall or short there is a dilemma. The main focus of short borrowers has less to do with their height and more to do with the refinances of the mortgage debt that is a lien on the property.

Ask a mortgage lender nicely to short the payoff and you may obtain an FHA refinance. You will be required to provide documentation for the short refinance through FHA. This is a catch 22 equation. On the one side, you must qualify for the FHA short refinance with the originating lender. On the other side, you must have a need for a short refinance. If you are a tall person and make a lot of money, then you will prbably not be able to qualify for the short refinance. Not because of your height, that has nothing to do with it. It is the fact that you are requesting the lender to take a loss when they short and a person who makes much money will be paying the loan off in full over time. A loan that is paid off in full is better for a lender FHA than a loan that is an FHA short refinance any day of the week.

More on the FHA short refinance at a later day. Thank you for your time.

Saturday, September 20, 2008

Mortgage Websites and Mortgage Domains

Let's take a moment out of our busy day to inspect mortgage websites and lender domain names that have to do with loans. Loans are a topic of interest recently as many people buy and sell items involving credit or lending. The loans are a form of lending that may involve a credit related website.

Your mortgage loan website should contain a mortgage domain name that suits your persona. What is your name? Is that your firt name? Do you have a website for mortgages containing a domain name with your real name. Let me give you a for instance.

The above are some examples of mortgage websites and mortgage domains. You can determine whether the mortgage domain names that are selected are appropriate. One would hope, for example, that an individual with www.SandrasLoans.com would have some relation to a Sandra and would also have something to do with lending or loans.
In conclusion, your name may not be on the list above and your domain name intuitively would be missing from the above list. However, if you are in lending and you have a first name, then check to see that your mortgage website is on this list of mortgage domains and mortgage websites.

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Florida Short Sale Bring Discounts...But Do They Take Too Long?

Florida short sales may sound attractive to Florida home buyers these days but they can also be a trap if not researched correctly. Many real estate agents advertise short sales in Florida at extremely low prices with relation to the mortgage debt owed. This can be helpful to a buyer. It can also be a trap. Let me explain.

When the Florida short sale is listed for a price that is 'subject to lender approval', the short sale price may look great, but bear in mind the short sale lender must approve the short sale for it to close. Many real estate agents and sellers alike list short sales in Florida for a much reduced price and do not obtain the lenders approval for this price. Furthermore, when a short sale buyer writes a contract to purchase the Florida short sale, then the waiting game begins.

Avoiding the Florida deficiency judgment in a short sale is always helpful. There will be future articles regarding the deficiecny judgments in Floirda mortgage loans that foreclose.

These are just a few of the concerns to keep in mind when dealing with Florida short sales. The best type of Florida short sales are the ones that have been approved by the short sale lender in advance. These are short sales in Florida that can close quickly.

Florida Short Sales Approved or Preapproved Short Sale