I just got married, we have 2 homes. How do we sell one of our houses that is valued under loan amount?

Tony
Home Seller
55379

The smaller house valued 20K under loan amount. The other is 100K to the good with current deflated market value. We need to sell the smaller one.

Answers (1)
BenitoGarza....
Agent
Minneapolis, MN
FIRST ANSWER

Hi,
You could try to sell it at breakeven price. Mortgage plus all expenses. But, the biggest problem is that even if you get an offer for full price, if buyer requires financing, appraisal might show a lower price.
In FHA financing the sales price is protected and if property doest not appraise sales price, purchase contract is canceled.

In a conventional mortgage, lender, to my understanding, will lend under the appraised value not under the sales price.

Another option is, set it at current market value and bring the difference at closing so credit is not damaged.

It seems that the smaller one is a rental, check with your accountat the tax repercutions of selling such property in Short Sale, wich is your last resort. It might show up on credit report as a foreclosure.

Keep asking questions!

Benito.

Web Reference: http://benitogarza.us
Mon Sep 14 2009, 06:00

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