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Buyer: Buyers of short sales might get the home at a reduced price — but the property, in all likelihood, has its share of problems. The deal also comes with more red tape than your standard ...
By Brendon DeSimone For years, many buyers routinely steered clear of foreclosures and short sales. In their minds, such properties were "damaged goods" -- real estate remainders that were likely ...
A naked short sale occurs when a security is sold short without borrowing the security within a set time (for example, three days in the US.) This means that the buyer of such a short is buying the short-seller's promise to deliver a share, rather than buying the share itself. The short-seller's promise is known as a hypothecated share.
In finance, speculation is the purchase of an asset (a commodity, goods, or real estate) with the hope that it will become more valuable shortly. It can also refer to short sales in which the speculator hopes for a decline in value. Many speculators pay little attention to the fundamental value of a security and instead focus purely on price ...
An initial down payment from the buyer to the seller is usually also required. The legal status of land contracts varies between jurisdictions. [vague] Since a land contract specifies the sale of a specific item of real estate between a seller and buyer, a land contract can be considered a special type of real estate contract. In the usual more ...
Loan type. Minimum waiting period. Conventional. 2-4 years with exceptions. FHA. 3 years with exceptions. USDA. 3 years. VA. 2 years with exceptions. Non-qualifying (non-QM)
REO sale property in San Diego, California. Real estate owned, or REO, is a term used in the United States to describe a class of property owned by a lender—typically a bank, government agency, or government loan insurer—after an unsuccessful sale at a foreclosure auction. [1]
Real estate economics is the application of economic techniques to real estate markets. It aims to describe and predict economic patterns of supply and demand . The closely related field of housing economics is narrower in scope, concentrating on residential real estate markets, while the research on real estate trends focuses on the business ...