25+ Years Real Estate Experience | Foreclosure Real Estate Specialist |
Greater Philadelphia & Southeastern PA | Local Vendor & Professional Network
One of the first questions we can help answer is also one of the most important:
What would your home realistically sell for in today's market?
Homeowners are sometimes surprised to discover that they have more equity than they realized.
If your likely sale proceeds are enough to satisfy your mortgage and selling expenses, you may be able to complete a traditional home sale rather than allowing the property to proceed further into foreclosure.
Time, however, can be extremely important.
The further the foreclosure process progresses, the fewer options a homeowner may have.
Knowing the numbers gives you information you can use when discussing your options with your lender and legal or financial advisors.
If the amount owed against the property exceeds what it can reasonably sell for, a short sale may be worth discussing.
In a short sale, the mortgage lender or other lienholder is asked to approve a sale in which it may receive less than the full amount owed.
Short sales require lender approval and involve additional documentation and negotiation. Our team has experience working with these more complicated transactions and can help manage the real estate portion of the process.
If you believe you are in a short sale situation, click [here] to be taken to our short sale page.
Every foreclosure situation is different.
As real estate professionals, we can help with:
● Determining current market value
● Reviewing comparable property sales
● Estimating potential selling expenses and proceeds
● Identifying whether a traditional sale appears feasible
● Marketing the property to the broadest appropriate buyer pool
● Evaluating offers based upon price, financing and likelihood of closing
● Coordinating with lenders, title professionals and attorneys as appropriate
● Managing the real estate transaction through settlement
● Handling a short sale when lender approval is required
We do not provide legal, tax or financial advice. Homeowners facing foreclosure should consider speaking promptly with their mortgage servicer and appropriately qualified legal, tax and financial professionals regarding their individual circumstances.
Financial stress can make a homeowner particularly vulnerable to someone promising an immediate solution.
Before accepting an unsolicited investor offer, it is important to understand what your property could reasonably sell for on the open market.
There are certainly circumstances where an investor sale makes sense. But homeowners should make that decision after understanding the value of what they own.
An independent market analysis can help you compare your choices.
Financial circumstances can change for countless reasons: a job loss, divorce, illness, unexpected expenses, rising payments or simply a series of events that made it impossible to catch up.
You don't need to explain or defend how you got here.
Our job is to help you understand the real estate options available today and, when selling is the appropriate choice, work to achieve the strongest possible outcome.
You don't need to wait until you are ready to put your home on the market.
If you're worried about missing payments, have already fallen behind, have received correspondence from your lender or are facing a scheduled foreclosure action, start by getting reliable information.
Contact The Andrea Szlavik Team for a private, no-obligation conversation about your property.