More banks are offering home owners incentives to sell their houses in a short sale to prevent a costly foreclosure to the bank. In fact, some banks are offering struggling home owners as much as $35,000 to do a short sale, according to an article at CNNMoney.
Generally, A short sale does two things to your credit. First, all credit accounts show how the account was closed and for a short sale it will say something like “paid, less than agreed”. When you go to get a new mortgage and the lender checks your credit they will see this. Next they will look at how long ago this happened and compare that to their rules and if not enough time has passed they will not give you a loan. The second thing that hurts your credit are if there are any late or missed payments.
How agents with specific training on how to do short sales properly higher overall success rate and also protect their clients from their lenders.
Generally, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) treats debt forgiveness by a creditor as taxable income. However, under federal legislation that took effect in 2007, certain home mortgage debt cancellations—such as loan modifications, short sales, or foreclosures—may be exempted from federal taxes. Other exemptions are also available
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