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Has anyone been told that their short sale was denied because fannie Mae's guidelines state they will not even look at a short sale situation until a homeowner is 31 + days delinquent and will not go to settlement until the loan is 90+ days delinquent?? I have a military homeowner at war and not even stationed to the State anymore and a divorce situation they will not consider, stating the homeowner is not late. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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Permalink Reply by Kent Dills on December 28, 2009 at 5:33pm: Never heard of that before.

Who's the lender/servicer? If it's IndyMac or BofA I wouldn't be surprised!

I have had the lender/servicer make claims that the "investor" says this, that, or the other - transferring blame to whomever IS the investor (i.e., Fannie, Freddie, HUD) and basically lying about whatever the core issue is. Sorry for the run on sentence. Couldn't stop after I got started ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tessa Wilborne on December 28, 2009 at 5:55pm: Thanks for the response. The bank is PHH/Charles Schwab. I am doing research to find something in writing from Fannie Mae where they state this is their rule. If I find it I will post it.

Kent Dills said:
Never heard of that before.

Who's the lender/servicer? If it's IndyMac or BofA I wouldn't be surprised!

I have had the lender/servicer make claims that the "investor" says this, that, or the other - transferring blame to whomever IS the investor (i.e., Fannie, Freddie, HUD) and basically lying about whatever the core issue is. Sorry for the run on sentence. Couldn't stop after I got started ;-); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Katerina Gasset on December 28, 2009 at 9:17pm: Who is the servicer?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tessa Wilborne on December 29, 2009 at 7:28am: The servicer is PHH/Charles Schwab and Fannie Mae is the investor. Still doing some research to find out what my clients are able to do. Both owners have TS clearance & are not willing to be late on their mortgage. Bad situation for the homeowners.

Katerina Gasset said:
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Permalink Reply by Mori Langshaw Sr on December 29, 2009 at 7:48am: That is such BULLShananigans!!!! That just burns me when banks say that....Good grief.

Lets see, "Hey before you sell your house and we take a loss, you have to ruin your credit and won't be able to get another loan Mr. Seller." Geesh!!! >-(; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Stephen B. McWilliam on December 29, 2009 at 11:59am: You may want to be aware of the Soldiers & Sailors Civil Relief Act.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bryant Tutas on December 29, 2009 at 4:38pm: Hi Tessa. We also have a group on here for military short sales. It may help.

http://www.shortsalesuperstars.com/group/hapmilitarypcs; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tessa Wilborne on December 29, 2009 at 8:05pm: Thanks. I will check that out. The current sellers didn't use a VA loan in order to purchase and the HAP progam I have heard negative things about and they are barely getting any assistance to the military homeowners.

Bryant Tutas said:
Hi Tessa. We also have a group on here for military short sales. It may help.

http://www.shortsalesuperstars.com/group/hapmilitarypcs; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joyce Hathaway on December 30, 2009 at 10:09am: Have you had your client check on the HAP program?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Tessa Wilborne on December 30, 2009 at 10:18am: Yes. But the waiting list for the HAP program is rather long and I'm sure they will have to apply for funds in the new year starting a whole new budget.

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Permalink Reply by Pat and Ben Mullikin on January 29, 2010 at 7:32pm: I'm working with a Seller who is not delinquent. To sell the home at market would give them a shortfall of about $20K which would be about 12% of the total loan. The lender is Nationstar, who told me that since Fannie is the investor the Seller would have to be 30 days delinquent to have their short sale looked at. This Seller is willing to sign a promissory note, but the Nationstar rep also told me that a PN would not benefit the Seller's credit if we did a SS. For personal reasons the Seller will do almost anything to not have a hit of any kind on the credit score, so Seller is now scrambling around to find a way to come to closing with 20K. Any comments or suggestions?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paola Lopez De Armentia on February 25, 2010 at 12:53am: I've never heard of that. Call FNME at 800-732-6643. This is the short sale over time frame escalation number. Ask to speak to a level 2 rep. They might be able to look into it for you.; ▶ Reply to This