Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Seems to be a new wrinkle in the Short Sale market here in San Diego

I'm an agent in the San Diego area. Our market place has become a very hard area to get some transactions done because at a certain sales value there are not very many available homes.  The REO's have kind of dried up and the short sales are getting multiple offers on them.

I've been very successful in getting short sale transactions done during the last 2 years. But, there seems to be a new wrinkle in the market place that I just don't understand.

This new strategy I just don't understand. Maybe you can enlighten me?

Suddenly in the listings we have here in the San Diego area, are seeing listing agents put in the confidential remarks or a link to a website link:

  1. Seller will not sign residential purchase agreement until full lender approval. (Okay, I've never been able to submit an offer to the lender without a fully executed contract')
  2. Buyer must contact (their lender) and submit the full lender approval with the offer. (What, my buyer needs to send w'2 and tax returns to the listing agents lender association, when we don't have a fully executed contract and don't even know if ours is the offer being sent to the lender?)
  3. Buyer will not be contacted until full lender approval. (Again, What?)

Here is San Diego, our MLS boards have implemented a rule for short sales. When there is an offer accepted and submitted to the lender, 1. the status of the listing must go into Contingent status and 2. in mandatory remarks the option of Pending Lender Approval of Short Sale must be checked.

This rule was implemented to try and help buyer agents from spinning their wheels and time going to and showing properties that already have offers on them.

Agents are getting tired, buyers a getting frustrated and the relationships are being strained.

This can not be good for anyone's business.

Can anyone tell me what is going on?

Barbara Whisenant

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