The ins and outs of shortsales

Many of us have now become familiar with the term “short sale” in the context of the current real estate market. For those less familiar, this is a transaction where the seller agrees to sell the property for less than the balance owed on the seller’s mortgage. This is subject to the approval of all lien holders on the property, to the short payoff and release of the lien encumbering the property to enable the seller to deliver clear title to the buyer. Read more about it in the Bradenton Herald