Short Sale Blog: Guides for Agents and Homeowners
Find guidance for the short sale issue in front of you: documents, lender delays, foreclosure timing, relocation assistance, valuation, or title and liens.
Municipal Code Lien in a Short Sale: What Must Clear?
A city code lien can create a separate short sale closing problem. Confirm the case, compliance, written payoff and required release before calling it resolved.
Tenant Security Deposit in a Short Sale: Who Handles It?
Selling a rented home through a short sale? Reconcile the tenant's security deposit, confirm transfer or refund requirements and document the handoff before closing.
Electronic Signatures Rejected in a Short Sale Package?
An online signature does not automatically clear a short sale condition. Confirm the exact defect, preserve the signing record and verify acceptance before calling the package complete.
Switching Short Sale Processors Midfile: What to Transfer
Switching processing teams during an active short sale? Transfer the file history, confirm authorization and assign open conditions before assuming the handoff is complete.
Short Sale Home in a Trust: Who Must Sign?
Trust ownership creates a separate signing question in a short sale. Confirm property authority, mortgage review requirements and closing signatures before relying on the closing date.
Solar Lease on a Short Sale Home: What Must Be Checked?
A short sale approval does not settle an existing solar lease. Confirm the agreement, provider instructions, buyer financing, title requirements and any proposed payment before closing.
Buyer Wants to Assign a Short Sale Contract. Check First.
A buyer wants someone else to take over the short sale contract. Check contract rights, lender requirements, buyer identity and any assignment fee before relying on the old approval.
FHA Seller Loan vs FHA Buyer Loan in a Short Sale
FHA on both sides of a short sale? The seller servicer's approval and the buyer lender's financing review answer different questions. Confirm both before scheduling closing.
Water Damage After Short Sale Approval: What Changes?
Water damage after short sale approval? Separate property safety, insurance funds, buyer financing and lender review before relying on the old closing plan.
FHA Short Sale: A Paid Partial Claim Still Shows on Title
Paid an FHA partial claim but the lien still appears on title? Check payoff evidence, release status and closing requirements before assuming the issue is resolved.

