Posts Tagged ‘HUD’


The New HAFA Short Sale Program—-A Giant Step Backward for Real Estate Commissions?

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

By now, most professionals in the real estate industry are aware that the U.S. Treasury Department issued a plan called the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program (HAFA) on November 30, 2009.  The HAFA program is intended to speed up and regulate the short sale process for borrowers whose loans are subject to the government’s loan modification [...]

MOST SHORT SALES NOW PAY A FULL 6% REAL ESTATE COMMISSION

Wednesday, November 11th, 2009

HUD, FANNIE MAE AND FREDDIE MAC ALL NOW AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF SIX PERCENT COMMISSIONS
A major issue real estate agents have faced when negotiating short sales with lenders and servicers was that it was always a battle to try and get paid a full real estate commission on these difficult and time consuming transactions.  The loss mitigators working for [...]