Two Pitfalls in a short sale

TWO PITFALLS TO AVOID IN A SHORT SALE

There are two different methods a lender can go after a home owner for owed funds, after the sale of their home. The two methods the lender does not want the borrower to know about are a deficiency judgment and a 1099.

DEFICIENCY JUDGMENTS

In order to recoup any shortfall in the amount bid, including attorney?s fees, court cost, and accrued interest charges, the lender must file a deficiency judgment. A deficiency judgment is defined as a judgment that has been issued when the collateral for the loan is inadequate to satisfy the lender?s debt completely. In other words, a judgment is issued against the party being foreclosed on to recover any shortfall in the amount owed to them. A deficiency judgment is issued when real property is sold at auction for less than the amount owed on the lien. For example, if a house was sold at auction for $ 160,000, but the amount of the loan balance was $ 180,000, than a deficiency judgment could be issued for the shortage, or deficiency, which is $ 20,000 in this example, In summary, deficiency judgments are issued by court action in favor of a lender to help them recover any amount not collected at an auction sale.

MORTGAGE FORGIVENESS DEBT RELIEF ACT

Until recently, if a lender approved a short sale, the IRS required the lender to submit a Form 1099 for the amount of the loan it forgave. In other words, if a lender accepted an offer of $450,000 a loan of $475,000, the difference of $25,000 was considered income and subject to tax. That changed in December 2007 when President Bush signed into law the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act. At least, it changed for sellers who short sell their primary residence. Sellers who short sell a second home or investment property can still expect to receive a 1099.

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