Over the weekend, Freddie Mac published an informational article discussing what it has called, “Short Payoff Fraud”. This article tipped off quite a bit of anxiety among investors and agents. Many are suggesting that this new classification of “Fraud” effectively eliminates the A to B – B to C transactions which investors often use to [...]
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Tagged Disclosure, fraud, freddie mac, government, regulation, short sale, short sales
Tagged Disclosure, fraud, freddie mac, government, regulation, short sale, short sales
Another new article in CNN today discusses one of the big potential downsides to the homeowner in a short sale transaction – the handling of the deficiency judgment. As always, disclosure is so important – the homeowner absolutely needs to know what is going on with the written-off portion of the mortgage. Normally, for a [...]