Lenders Don't Play By The Same Rules In A Short Sale

Often banks agree to a sales price when they'reYesterday, we received the HUD-1 statement and lo
presented with a contract, except they refuse toand behold the Taxes and HOA fee's were added to
honor HOA fee's or back taxes owed. There lies thethe price.
problems which continue to arise when dealing with aOur attorney began contacting the lender as well as
"Short Sale".the attorney representing the seller. They went back
I can't tell you how many times I've attached anand forth for hours, the lenders denying the addendum.
addendum with our offer to the lender insuring ourIt seems the lender believes they never signed off to
offer includes Taxes and HOA fee's to be included asour addendum and refuse to honor our contract.
part of the sale.Short Sales are never easy, it requires a lot of
More times than not lenders will attempt to wiggle outadditional work to complete the sale.
of honoring what they sign. Such was the caseHaving an addendum added to a contract isn't
yesterday. After going back and forth with a lendersomething the lenders are accustomed too.
over the of a home located in Pembroke Pines,weIn the case of our contract. The HOA fee's owed are
finally agree on a sales price.$3500 and taxes owed are $4200. It appears the
Our Short Sale addendum was attached to the offer,lenders are willing to split the difference,which isn't
signed, acknowledged the Taxes and HOA fee'ssitting well with our buyer. Our attorney feels the
were to be incorporated into the price. The lendercontract will never close unless the buyer agrees.
signed off, our offer was fully executed.Lenders don't have to play by our rules....