Santa Clara County Short Sales

vbrasil on August 22nd, 2009

333  Santana Row #214, Sold for $515K. 1 Bedroom 1.5 Bath loft with catwalk, popout, large back patio, and 2 parking spots, great deal.
This short sale transaction just closed last week. For those of you who who are considering buying a short sale understand that the most important figures in the transaction are the negotiators, [...]

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vbrasil on March 18th, 2009

Currently Santa Clara has 194 Notice of Defaults filled on properties. A notice of default gets filed on a property in Santa Clara County when the owner is behind on the mortgage by 2 or 3 months. This is the first stage of the foreclosure process referred to as pre-foreclosure.
In order remove [...]

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vbrasil on March 15th, 2009

It’s no surprise that any newer developments in the Santa Clara County as of the past 5 years are going to experience a high number of Short Sales and REO or Bank Owned properties. Rivermark in Santa Clara is no exception.
Rivermark is a master planned community developed in 2002 by Lennar, Centex and Shea Homes [...]

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vbrasil on February 19th, 2009

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
SHORT SALES: THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT
1. What is a short sale?
A short sale* is a sales transaction in which the seller’s lender agrees to accept a payoff of less than the balance due on the loan. In addition to absorbing any loss on the loan, the lender in most [...]

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vbrasil on February 19th, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan said Thursday it’s critically important that banks and lending institutions “step up to the plate” to help make certain the Obama administration’s new home foreclosure initiative succeeds.
“This started as a mortgage crisis but it’s become a jobs crisis,” said Donovan, speaking a day after President Barack Obama announced [...]

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vbrasil on January 22nd, 2009

Short sales happen when home values fall and sellers do not receive enough cash from a buyer to pay off their existing mortgages, providing lenders agree to take less than the amount owed to them.
On the surface, it may appear that a short-sale buyer is getting a good deal. Although a slim margin of short [...]

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