We are looking for a bigger home, but owe more than its worth. What are our options? Do we have any?

Cmg27
Both Buyer and Seller
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We are in need of a larger home, we have family that will be moving in with us permanently, our existing house is underwater, I would guess we owe 100-150k more then it is worth. Do we have any options? It's to bad I can't trade up like they do in the car business and role the difference into a new house which would be bigger and most likely cheaper than what I paid for my current home

Answers (2)
Alisa Grosvenor
Agent
Arizona

Good morning,

Just to expand on what Mr. Garza mentioned, there are a few options you have. One would include renting or short selling your current home and then going into a lease purchase on a new home. This option would allow for you to move in and live in your new home until you have the ability to purchase again. It may or may not secure your purchase price, depending on how the contract is written. It would save you the trouble of having to move now and again in a few years.

I would be happy to run a quick market analysis of your current home to show you what others are renting for in your area. This will allow you to see if renting is even an option for you based on what your current mortgage payment is and what you could get per month as a rental. Feel free to email me your address and I can run this report right away.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do!

Alisa Grosvenor
Arizona Realty ONE Group
alisa@yourazexecutive.com
http://www.yourazexecutive.com
Direct: 480-650-7941

Mon Aug 17 2009, 08:02
BenitoGarza....
Agent
Minneapolis, MN
FIRST ANSWER

Hi,
Options:
If you short Sale you wont be able to buy a home again at least for 2 years.
If you go to foreclosure, worst.
If you live on the property, your family wont fit.
then, Rent it. You might not get the whole Mortgage payment but that could be better than have bad credit.

Anyway, you might not be able to buy another property because you are underwater and lately Lender are requestion to have equity on properties to buy another one.

Could your "Family moving in" apply for a Mortgage and be approved?
Maybe you dont need a larger home, you need another home for your Family moving in.

Good luck.

Benito.

Sun Aug 16 2009, 22:26

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