FHFA Short Sale Guidelines for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

FHFA Short Sale Guidelines for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Announces New Standard Short Sale Guidelines Effective 11/1/2012 for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to Expedite Assistance to Financially Distressed Borrowers.

Many financially distressed homeowners who are facing foreclosure and considering a short sale finally have some good news to cheer. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) issued a news release on 8/21/2012 regarding their new standardized short sale guidelines that are intended to make the short sale process smoother and faster. The new short sale rules go into effect as of 11/1/2012. According to the news release, the highlights of these new short sale guidelines are as follows:

• Offer a streamlined short sale approach for borrowers most in need: To move short sales forward expeditiously for those borrowers who have missed several mortgage payments, have low credit scores, and serious financial hardships the documentation required to demonstrate need has been reduced or eliminated.
• Enable servicers to quickly and easily qualify certain borrowers who are current on their mortgages for short sales: Common reasons for borrower hardship are death, divorce, disability, and distant employment transfer or relocation. With the program changes, servicers will be permitted to process short sales for borrowers with these hardships without any additional approval from Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac, even if the borrowers are current on their mortgage payments. Borrowers will now qualify for a short sale if they need to relocate more than 50 miles from their home for a job transfer or new employment opportunity.
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will waive the right to pursue deficiency judgments in exchange for a financial contribution when a borrower has sufficient income or assets to make cash contributions or sign promissory notes: Servicers will evaluate borrowers for additional capacity to cover the shortfall between the outstanding loan balance and the property sales price as part of approving the short sale.
• Offer special treatment for military personnel with Permanent Change of Station (PCS) orders: Service members who are being relocated will be automatically eligible for short sales, even if they are current on their existing mortgages, and will be under no obligation to contribute funds to cover the shortfall between the outstanding loan balance and the sales price on their homes.
• Consolidate existing short sales programs into a single uniform program: Servicers will have more clear and consistent guidelines making it easier to process and execute short sales.
• Provide servicers and borrowers clarity on processing a short sale when a foreclosure sale is pending: The new guidance will clarify when a borrower must submit their application and a sales offer to be considered for a short sale, so that last minute communications and negotiations are handled in a uniform and fair manner.
• Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will offer up to $6,000 to second lien holders to expedite a short sale. Previously, second lien holders could slow down the short sale process by negotiating for higher amounts.

Please do not let the bank foreclose on you. If you have a property and you owe more than the property is worth and have a HAFA eligible mortgage loan, an FHA Insured mortgage loan, a VA Guaranteed mortgage loan, or any type of mortgage loan, and you have missed payments, or will miss payments, please contact Franklin Tennessee Short Sales and Foreclosures Expert for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your foreclosure prevention options.

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Jim McCormack is a Nashville Real Estate Broker who provides Expert Real Estate Solutions for for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Homeowners and Real Estate Investors Facing Foreclosure and Needing to Short Sell Their Homes and/or Investment Properties. Jim Specializes in Short Sales and Foreclosures and Providing Sellers Short Sale Help and Foreclosure Help. Jim's Help is Free to Nashville TN Short Sale Sellers. Jim Helps Sellers Stop Bank and Mortgage Foreclosure with a Short Sale, or a Fast Cash Offer. Avoid Foreclosure by Working Directly with a Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Expert and Investor who is Uniquely Skilled, Honest, Compassionate, Caring and Exceptionally responsive to the needs of his clients. Jim Encourages You to See What His Clients Say About Him. For Buyers, Jim understands the Various Nashville Tennessee Housing and Investment Real Estate Markets Extremely Well and is Particularly Skilled at Assisting Buyers with Determining the Market Values of Homes and Investment Properties. Due to that Real Estate Valuation Expertise, Jim can Help Nashville Home and Investment Property Buyers Get Fantastic Deals on Their Nashville Area Real Estate Purchases.

Spring Hill TN Reserve At Port Royal Bank of America FHA Short Sale Closing

Spring Hill TN Reserve At Port Royal Bank of America FHA Short Sale Closing

Spring Hill TN Reserve At Port Royal Bank of America FHA Short Sale Closing

Jim McCormack, a Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Short Sale and Foreclosure REALTOR, Real Estate Expert and Real Estate Investor was able to get this Spring Hill TN (in Reserve At Port Royal) Bank of America FHA Short Sale listed and closed in 98 days despite the short sale mortgage lender (Bank of America) having a difficult time with the file due to the Seller deciding to use Jim's short sale services after she had already waited nearly 2 years while someone else tried unsuccessfully to get the short sale approved. Jim was able to get this Spring Hill TN Reserve At Port Royal Bank of America FHA Short Sale approved so quickly due to the following reasons:

• Proper research and work prior to marketing the home for a sale. This includes researching the loan type and correctly packaging and promptly submitting the documents required to get the Seller's approval into the HUD Preforeclosure Sale Program extended (see my blog post FHA Insured Loan Foreclosure and Short Sale Process for information about this short sale program).
• Understanding the FHA short sale and offer approval process.
• A reasonably accurate appraisal by the mortgage lender (Bank of America).

Please do not let the bank foreclose on you. If you have a property and you owe more than the property is worth and have a HAFA eligible mortgage loan, an FHA Insured mortgage loan, a VA Guaranteed mortgage loan, or any type of mortgage loan, and you have missed payments, or will miss payments, please contact Franklin Tennessee Short Sales and Foreclosures Expert for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your foreclosure prevention options.

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Jim McCormack is a Nashville Real Estate Broker who provides Expert Real Estate Solutions for for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Homeowners and Real Estate Investors Facing Foreclosure and Needing to Short Sell Their Homes and/or Investment Properties. Jim Specializes in Short Sales and Foreclosures and Providing Sellers Short Sale Help and Foreclosure Help. Jim's Help is Free to Nashville TN Short Sale Sellers. Jim Helps Sellers Stop Bank and Mortgage Foreclosure with a Short Sale, or a Fast Cash Offer. Avoid Foreclosure by Working Directly with a Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Expert and Investor who is Uniquely Skilled, Honest, Compassionate, Caring and Exceptionally responsive to the needs of his clients. Jim Encourages You to See What His Clients Say About Him. For Buyers, Jim understands the Various Nashville Tennessee Housing and Investment Real Estate Markets Extremely Well and is Particularly Skilled at Assisting Buyers with Determining the Market Values of Homes and Investment Properties. Due to that Real Estate Valuation Expertise, Jim can Help Nashville Home and Investment Property Buyers Get Fantastic Deals on Their Nashville Area Real Estate Purchases.

Murfreesboro TN Canterbury Chase Bank of America Short Sale Closing

Murfreesboro TN Canterbury Chase Bank of America (ING) Short Sale Closing

Murfreesboro TN Canterbury Chase Bank of America (ING) Short Sale Closing

Jim McCormack, a Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Short Sale and Foreclosure REALTOR, Real Estate Expert and Real Estate Investor was able to get this Murfreesboro TN Canterbury Chase Bank of America (ING) Short Sale listed and closed despite many problems with Bank of America (the 1st loan servicer), ING (the 1st loan investor) and Saxon Mortgage Services and Specialized Loan Servicing (the 2nd loan servicers). This was truly an epic short sale. The entire process took nearly two and a half years to complete, but Jim never gave up even though it was only a $70,000 sale and there was not much commission to be earned. Jim was able to get this Short Sale closed due to the following reasons:

• Proper research and work prior to marketing the house for sale. This includes researching the loan type, correctly packaging and handling the seller's short sale request to the mortgage lender (Bank of America) and understanding how the short sale process works when another bank or financial institution (ING) owns the mortgage loan (i.e. ING was the loan investor).
• Understanding when the Seller contacted Jim on 11/19/2009 and there was a foreclosure sale scheduled for 2:00 PM on the next day (11/20/2009) that in order to get the foreclosure sale postponed, it would require an offer on the Property. Therefore, Jim wrote a cash offer on the Property and got the foreclosure sale postponed. Jim would use his knowledge and skill to get several foreclosure sales postponed during the long short sale process. This allowed enough time to market the house and to obtain several contracts to sell the house during the process with the final contract finally meeting the bank's price requirement.
• Eventually a reasonably accurate valuation by Bank of America. Jim used his knowledge to dispute several inaccurate valuations.
• Regularly communicating with Bank of America, Buyer's Realtor and Title Company.

Please do not let the bank foreclose on you. If you have a property and you owe more than the property is worth and have a HAFA eligible mortgage loan, an FHA Insured mortgage loan, a VA Guaranteed mortgage loan, or any type of mortgage loan, and you have missed payments, or will miss payments, please contact Franklin Tennessee Short Sales and Foreclosures Expert for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your foreclosure prevention options.

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Jim McCormack is a Nashville Real Estate Broker who provides Expert Real Estate Solutions for for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Homeowners and Real Estate Investors Facing Foreclosure and Needing to Short Sell Their Homes and/or Investment Properties. Jim Specializes in Short Sales and Foreclosures and Providing Sellers Short Sale Help and Foreclosure Help. Jim's Help is Free to Nashville TN Short Sale Sellers. Jim Helps Sellers Stop Bank and Mortgage Foreclosure with a Short Sale, or a Fast Cash Offer. Avoid Foreclosure by Working Directly with a Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Expert and Investor who is Uniquely Skilled, Honest, Compassionate, Caring and Exceptionally responsive to the needs of his clients. Jim Encourages You to See What His Clients Say About Him. For Buyers, Jim understands the Various Nashville Tennessee Housing and Investment Real Estate Markets Extremely Well and is Particularly Skilled at Assisting Buyers with Determining the Market Values of Homes and Investment Properties. Due to that Real Estate Valuation Expertise, Jim can Help Nashville Home and Investment Property Buyers Get Fantastic Deals on Their Nashville Area Real Estate Purchases.

Nashville The Villager West Condo JPMorgan Chase (Freddie Mac) Short Sale Closing

Nashville The Villager West Condo JPMorgan Chase (Freddie Mac) Short Sale Closing

Nashville The Villager West Condo JPMorgan Chase (Freddie Mac) Short Sale Closing

Jim McCormack, a Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Short Sale and Foreclosure REALTOR, Real Estate Expert and Real Estate Investor was able to get this Nashville The Villager West Condo JPMorgan Chase (Freddie Mac) Short Sale Condo listed and closed in just 60 days. Jim was able to get this Short Sale closed due to the following reasons:

• Proper research and work prior to marketing the condominium for sale. This includes researching the loan type, correctly packaging and handling the seller's short sale request to the mortgage lender (JPMorgan Chase) and understanding how the short sale process works when Freddie Mac owns the mortgage loan (i.e. Freddie Mac was the loan investor).
• Understanding that an imminent foreclosure sale date would require an offer to get the foreclosure sale postponed and being able to write a cash offer on the condo in order to get the foreclosure sale postponed. This allowed enough time to market the condo for sale and to obtain 4 cash offers with the highest offer exceeding the value established by the bank.
• Reasonably accurate valuation by JPMorgan Chase.
• Regularly communicating with the mortgage lender, Buyer's Realtor and Title Company.

Please do not let the bank foreclose on you. If you have a property and you owe more than the property is worth and have a HAFA eligible mortgage loan, an FHA Insured mortgage loan, a VA Guaranteed mortgage loan, or any type of mortgage loan, and you have missed payments, or will miss payments, please contact Franklin Tennessee Short Sales and Foreclosures Expert for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your foreclosure prevention options.

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Jim McCormack is a Nashville Real Estate Broker who provides Expert Real Estate Solutions for for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Homeowners and Real Estate Investors Facing Foreclosure and Needing to Short Sell Their Homes and/or Investment Properties. Jim Specializes in Short Sales and Foreclosures and Providing Sellers Short Sale Help and Foreclosure Help. Jim's Help is Free to Nashville TN Short Sale Sellers. Jim Helps Sellers Stop Bank and Mortgage Foreclosure with a Short Sale, or a Fast Cash Offer. Avoid Foreclosure by Working Directly with a Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Expert and Investor who is Uniquely Skilled, Honest, Compassionate, Caring and Exceptionally responsive to the needs of his clients. Jim Encourages You to See What His Clients Say About Him. For Buyers, Jim understands the Various Nashville Tennessee Housing and Investment Real Estate Markets Extremely Well and is Particularly Skilled at Assisting Buyers with Determining the Market Values of Homes and Investment Properties. Due to that Real Estate Valuation Expertise, Jim can Help Nashville Home and Investment Property Buyers Get Fantastic Deals on Their Nashville Area Real Estate Purchases.

Murfreesboro TN Weston Park Green Planet Servicing & Fifth Third Bank Short Sale Closing

Murfreesboro TN Weston Park Green Planet Servicing (Freddie Mac) and Fifth Third Bank Short Sale Closing

Murfreesboro TN Weston Park Green Planet Servicing (Freddie Mac) and Fifth Third Bank Short Sale Closing

Jim McCormack, a Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Short Sale and Foreclosure REALTOR, Real Estate Expert and Real Estate Investor was able to get this Murfreesboro TN Weston Park Green Planet Servicing (Freddie Mac) and Fifth Third Bank Short Sale listed and closed in 110 days. Jim was able to get this Murfreesboro TN Weston Park Green Planet Servicing (Freddie Mac) and Fifth Third Bank Short Sale closed due to the following reasons:

• Proper research and work prior to marketing the home for a sale. This includes researching the loan types, correctly packaging and handling the seller's short sale request to the 1st mortgage lender (Green Planet Servicing) and 2nd mortgage lender (Fifth Third Bank) and engaging the 1st mortgage lender to explain the sellers' situation and that valuing the Property would be difficult due to a lack of sales and the builder (Deer Creek Construction) no longer building in the neighborhood due to financial problems, which resulted in the neighborhood being de-valued by lower-end builders who are now doing the building in the neighborhood.
• Reasonably accurate valuations by Green Planet Servicing and Fifth Third Bank.
• Regularly communicating with the 1st and 2nd mortgage lenders.

Please do not let the bank foreclose on you. If you have a property and you owe more than the property is worth and have a HAFA eligible mortgage loan, an FHA Insured mortgage loan, a VA Guaranteed mortgage loan, or any type of mortgage loan, and you have missed payments, or will miss payments, please contact Franklin Tennessee Short Sales and Foreclosures Expert for a free no obligation consultation to discuss your foreclosure prevention options.

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Jim McCormack is a Nashville Real Estate Broker who provides Expert Real Estate Solutions for for Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, Nolensville, Spring Hill, Thompson’s Station, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, LaVergne (La Vergne), Antioch, Columbia, Mt. Juliet (Mount Juliet), Springfield, Gallatin, Hermitage, Hendersonville, Clarksville and Middle Tennessee (Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson and Wilson Counties) Homeowners and Real Estate Investors Facing Foreclosure and Needing to Short Sell Their Homes and/or Investment Properties. Jim Specializes in Short Sales and Foreclosures and Providing Sellers Short Sale Help and Foreclosure Help. Jim's Help is Free to Nashville TN Short Sale Sellers. Jim Helps Sellers Stop Bank and Mortgage Foreclosure with a Short Sale, or a Fast Cash Offer. Avoid Foreclosure by Working Directly with a Nashville Tennessee Real Estate Expert and Investor who is Uniquely Skilled, Honest, Compassionate, Caring and Exceptionally responsive to the needs of his clients. Jim Encourages You to See What His Clients Say About Him. For Buyers, Jim understands the Various Nashville Tennessee Housing and Investment Real Estate Markets Extremely Well and is Particularly Skilled at Assisting Buyers with Determining the Market Values of Homes and Investment Properties. Due to that Real Estate Valuation Expertise, Jim can Help Nashville Home and Investment Property Buyers Get Fantastic Deals on Their Nashville Area Real Estate Purchases.