Caliber Home Loan Short Sale Application, Forms And Packages

Get The Property Listed!

One of the first things you will have to do in order to start your short sale process is to get your property listed for sale. In order toget a fair review about your property you will have to do this while working with a lender. Just bringing an offer to the lender will not be allowed. Documents such as the MLS Listing and MLS History will be demanded as a proof to ensure that a property has been properly listed. You will not be allowed to move forward to the next step untill you have completed this process and the First of the documents that you will need for the process to go forward will be the listing agreement.

What is a short sale?

According to real estate a sale in which the offered amount is not enough to pay off all the liens taken against the property is called a short sale. Caliber will never be able to review your application unless you have an offer. They will need to check that once all the closing costs have been deducted from the amount what will be the net amount that you will be making them. Past due taxes, non-recurring closing costs, attorney fees, settlement fees, title fees, and anything else that may apply are all included in it.

Find The Right Buyer For Your Short Sale

Strong Short Sale Buyers

A buyer should have the quality of patience as it is the most important quality as a buyer. A buyer who knows how to wait is always better than all cash buyer and even the buyer whose offer is better. Candidates are required to interview in order to make sure that offer is solid. Broker is as important as the buyer.

Previously Approved Caliber Short Sale

Some brokers mislead by advertising that their short sale was previously approved by Caliber. They will need to make a full review of application even if Caliber had previously approved their short sale and all the terms were met still  .

Submiting Your Short Sale Package to Caliber Mortgage To Get The Process Going.

What is in the Caliber Mortgage Short Sale Package?

Usually all the lenders must have same kind of documents and Caliber Mortgage is also included in those. Following is the list of documents which are usually asked for: a listing agreement, a purchase agreement, proof of the buyer’s ability to perform such as proof of funds or a prequalification letter from the buyer’s lender and that’s only the start. As a short sale seller it will be required to submit your financial information such as a monthly budget, your tax returns for the last two years along with a 4506t to show the returns were actually filed, pay stubs or proof of income like a profit and loss, bank statements, reason for requiring to do a short sale, and a hardship letter.

Getting The Right Value Goes A Long Way.

We can qualify you for short sale by one way and that is by completing a value. An agent compares similar properties which are either currently listed or have been sold within 3 to 6 months In order to complete a value. He has to consider many conditions like home’s perceived condition, the size of the living space, the size of the lot, how many stories it has and whether or not it has a pool. Market conditions and how fast homes are selling in the area are also taken into count. Many other factors are also taken into consideration.

Short Sale Appraisal Values

Caliber Mortgage is always supported by a lender and that lender is already facing a loss so the lender will want to complete a Broker’s Price Opinion (BPO). lender will obtain an appraisal If the lender requires a deeper insight . Appraisers have specific licenses for valuing properties. Some investors such as Fannie Mae (FNMA) complete two appraisals. The type of value completed varies from lender to lender and investor to investor.

Filing Value Disputes and Variances

A value returning too high is something that happens very often and to both the professionals and rookies alike.The broker makes a mistake by comparing properties which have nothing in common because he/she is not from the area.

Caliber Mortgage’s Short Sale Time Line Coming To An End.

At that time undersigned will have to decide whether you meet the requirement for the short sale or not and whether to proceed your file to the management. Before presenting the file to the management, auditing process occurs and then there is an another process before issuing the approval letter.

Caliber Mortgage Counters Short Sale

Unfortunately, this can also prove to be tough time as this is also the time when Caliber Mortgage may give a counter to your short sale of may completely reject it. There is a need for a special set of skills that come only by experience to compete with either of these situations. Anyone can do easy tasks but it is the difficult tasks that are hard and seperate the experts and rookies.

Short Sale Escrow.

If you know closing typical escrow processes, closing of short sale process is very similar to it. Once all debt holders have given their approval, you can move forward with the typical escrow process. A title search should now have been completed to assure that all the parties affiliated with the property have been addressed.

Caliber Mortgage Issues Short Sale Extension

What happens if the approval letter expires and we are not able to complete the short sale process? This is a question we get all the time and there isn’t a simple answer to this question. It depends on negligence of the mortgage, whether the value they had expired, and many other details. Consult one of our professionals if you need more time to see what we are able to get approved with Caliber Mortgage’s Management. We only get paid if the transaction successfully closes,  results may vary(we are generally paid from the real estate comissions awarded to the agents involved and paid out of Caliber Mortgage’s net).