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FEDERAL PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE SHORT SALES

Daily Real Estate News  |  March 8, 2010  |  

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');Beginning April 5, the Obama administration will encourage delinquent borrowers to avoid foreclosure and instead give up their homes in short sales by streamlining the process.

The program will offer a cash payment to the home owner, as well as to the servicer and second-lien holder; and protect borrowers from future lender lawsuits for the unpaid mortgage balance.

To curtail fraud, lenders will have to consult real estate practitioners to assess home value and minimum acceptable offer; they then must accept any offer that is equal to or higher than that.

Source: The New York Times, David Streitfeld (03/08/10)

Published Monday, March 08, 2010 1:52 PM by Sandy Slinkard

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