All about short sales! Considering a short sale in Connecticut? Read up on short sales in CT – posts by Minna Reid, Connecticut’s leading short sale specialist and owner of Reid Real Estate Group. For advice on your short sale, talk to Minna Reid today!
Upside down with no way out!After numerous failed attempts to sell their Ridgefield home, my clients were forced to accept that their property simply would not sell for the amount they needed to pay off their FHA mortgage. Like many of CT’s most expensive towns, Ridgefield has been experiencing a downward trend in home sale […]
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Are you stuck with a crumbling foundation? Thousands of homeowners in northeast CT are struggling with foundations that are falling apart, and no one to take responsibility for the issue. While attempting to sell, these CT owners discovered they also had a problem with their foundation, which was found to be needing complete replacement, and the […]
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Mortgage Forbearances are coming to an end. Millions of home owners opted to take a few months off their mortgage during the shutdowns, but now it’s time to pay up!YOUR OPTIONS FOR GETTING BACK ON TRACK WITH YOUR MORTGAGE! Pay the back due amount and resume normal payments.If you have the funds and wish to […]
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Wells Fargo can be a challenging lender to work short sales with! See how this Stratford couple walked away from over $100,000 of bad mortgage debt in this Wells Fargo FHA short sale!After years of struggling to make it work with loan modifications, my sellers decided it was time to move on from their over-mortgaged home!Unfortunately, Wells Fargo wouldn’t […]
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If you’ve fallen behind on your mortgage payments, your lender may be offering you the chance apply for a loan modification. In a loan modification the lender makes permanent changes to the terms of your mortgage resulting in a more affordable payment. Keep in mind that while a mortgage modification will reduce your payment, it […]
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This Bridgeport, Connecticut seller had bought his waterfront home for $425,000 back in 2007 at the peak of the market. Many years of failed loan modification attempts later, his debt had ballooned to over $850,000! To make matters worse, the property was now also worth less than half of what he paid for it in […]
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Short sales are usually never quick or easy, but once in while one surprises you! Find out how these West Haven homeowners went from upside down and struggling, to mortgage debt-free in just 4 quick months! After years of waiting fruitlessly for their home to appreciate so they could sell, my clients decided it was […]
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Considering a Connecticut short sale?Find out the pros and cons of pursuing a short sale! Pros Get rid your over mortgaged home. Eliminate high mortgage payments. Settle the mortgage debt with your lender. Avoid foreclosure. Pay no closing costs or commissions to sell. Possibly receive relocation assistance. Cons Credit score will drop temporarily. You may […]
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After years of failed efforts to keep her home, and with less than 2 weeks away from her foreclosure law day, this Branford, CT homeowner reached out to me for a last minute attempt to avoid the foreclosure with a short sale.Short sales generally take 4-5 months or even longer at times so the clock […]
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Hamden, CT Distress Market Report 2019Despite several years of gains in the marketplace, Hamden year to date home sales show a massive increase in the rates of foreclosed homes and short sales. After dropping down to an 8 year low of 14% of all homes sold, The current rate of distress sales is currently at […]
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