Charleston Real Estate Site There is nothing "short" about a "short sale". Among the real estate misnomers, this is a classic one. Short sales take a long time. They are hard for the seller. They frustrate buyers. They are among the
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Banks have a lot of money … but they don't have enough money to provide all the funding for loans that they need in order to be profitable without the help of the larger secondary market. The secondary market is where the primary lender can
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With all the talk in the media about defaults and foreclosures, it’s not a bad idea to have an understanding of how loans are issued and how banks are protected when they issue loans. I t is getting harder to get a loan – even for well qualified
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Let’s first eliminate a common misunderstanding. Banks do not GIVE mortgages. If you have a home with a mortgage, the bank owns the mortgage. How did they get it? You GAVE it to them. Most people say that they are going to get a mortgage when in
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