Getting An Approval From The Bank
Thank you for joining me today; this is Jeff Reyes with The Jeff Real Estate Team. We’re one of the best real estate and short sale teams in the northern California area and are here to serve you.
Lately, we’ve been talking about the short sale timeline and today I want to resume with the fourth step in the short sale process, obtaining the short sale approval from the bank. The amount of time from when the paperwork and offer is submitted to the lender until we receive the short sale authorization can be anywhere from 7-10 days up to 90 days, depending on the bank. Typically it’s somewhere in the middle, generally around 30-40 days. The rationale behind why receiving an approval takes so long is because there are lots of individuals and processes that are involved. The time period of doing a short sale has decreased in the past few years, so things are certainly getting a lot better in regards to processing the short sale transactions and getting them done quicker.
Once the approval is received, we talk with you and contact your attorney and a tax accountant to determine what the implications will be for your taxes and what the legal ramifications are going to be. After we get the short sale approval and we have consulted with your lawyer and tax accountant, if you decide that doing a short sale is not in your best interest, we can stop the whole process right then and there.
Our goal at The Jeff Real Estate Team is to help you avoid foreclosure and make sure that no money comes out of your pocket. Please give us a call today if you want any information regarding short selling your home or if you would like to talk about your specific situation.
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