The wishful outcome in any real estate transaction is the ability to sell the property for a higher price than what you paid for the property. This generally includes, for property investors, any and all moneys that were used to fix the house, add on to the house and modify the house. However, with current market situations in Queen Creek, AZ, this one time sure outcome is now often times only wishful thinking. Real estate investors and home owners alike are seeing true and tragic downturns in property values in Queen Creek, Arizona across the region and the country. If you are one of the unfortunate people that finds themselves in this predicament, making a profit is nearly impossible. When the property value of your home decreases and is well below the value of your mortgage, you need to consider short selling the property to avoid a dramatic loss.
Short selling is a fairly unknown process. So, you are probably wondering, “What is short selling?” Short selling is where a home owner, with a mortgage greater than the selling price of their home, can avoid taking a huge loss on the sale of the property. After short selling your home, the existing balance of your mortgage (the balance that wasn’t covered from short selling your home) still remains to be paid. However, because of the options that are available to the bank, often the short selling process allows the home owner to ask the bank for forgiveness with the remaining balance. Having avoided foreclosure, the bank will either have you pay the remaining mortgage balance or forgive the remaining balance all together.
It is also important to consider the effects that short selling can have on your credit score. Often times, depending on each individual circumstance, the short selling of your property can have little or no effect on your credit score. With the alternative to short selling, foreclosure, you will have a very dramatic affect on your credit. This will take much longer to repair and it should be avoided with short selling if at all possible.
Please bear in mind that each short selling situation is different. If your situation is such that you are owing more on your mortgage loan than the home is worth in today’s pitiful market, you need a way out. That way out could very possibly be short selling the property. Because it does far less damage to your credit in the long run, short selling is a better option.
Short selling creates the best possibly outcome from a bad situation. While you would ideally want to make a profit from the sale of your home, given the choice between taking a loss and virtually breaking even, short selling can help you break even. Short selling is a useful tool for those that need to protect their credit for their future.
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