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Hud Foreclosure Sales

Question: What's a HUD case mean for a house listing?

I found a house listed for sale online and it says it's a HUD case, does that mean it's really crappy inside? Or does that mean it's owned by HUD as opposed to a bank like a foreclosure? How does a house become a HUD house?

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Answer: HUD offers an insurance program which covers any losses by a bank when that bank issues a HUD loan. HUD does not loan anyone any money. They are an "insurance" policy. The buyer of the home paid the fee for that policy when she bought the house.
Your house is owned by HUD. HUD paid off the bank and took title. Now they are selling it. It will be sold "as-is". You can look inside the house since it is up for sale. You make your offer assuming that everything does not work. Most of their houses have a minimum bid .... often in the listing.

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Question: Has anyone bought a HUD house, need advice?

I would like to know if anyone has bought a HUD foreclosure home? What is involved in the process and is it hard getting banks to finance the purchase? Also, has anyone ever bought a foreclosure from the court house(sheriffs sale)? How would I get financing for that when you have to bid on the property? Im new at all this and my first purchase will be for myself to live in. Any info is greatly appreciated.

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Answer: I bought a HUD home a number of years ago. The experience was indistinguishable from a normal purchase, aside from the offering process. We placed a bid on the property which HUD rejected. We re-bid a bit more then next go-around and it was accepted. From that point onwards, it was a normal purchase. We did get an FHA mortgage with slightly lower than normal fees and no points that did sweeten the deal a bit.

If you're buying at a sheriff's sale or foreclosure sale, you have to have your financing arranged in advance. A few banks specialize in this; you'll have to ask around. All of the normal qualifications and inspections have to be complete on the auction date so you often have to work VERY quickly and that's where it gets tricky. This is because you typically have to put down 10% with your bid and close within a very short time, often as little as 5 - 10 days. It helps a LOT if you have top-notch credit and can go with a stated income or no-doc mortgage. It's even better if you can pay all cash.

My ex and I tried that a couple of times and discovered a dirty little secret. The lender was usually the only bidder on a foreclosure and unless you were willing to bid near market, they'd just out-bid you and get the deed for themselves. The few tax sales that we investigated were in such poor shape that they weren't worth bidding on unless we were planning on tearing down the house and building new.

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Hud Foreclosure Prevention

Question: Radio Trivia - Housing counseling agencies offer such free services as default and foreclosure prevention?

For Radio Trivia. I'm sure the answer is reverse-mortgage but it doesn't work for the radio trivia....Housing counseling agencies offer such free services as default and foreclosure prevention, and pre-purchase, rental and ______ ______ counseling.

http://www.hud.gov/local/index.cfm?state=pa&topic=homeownership

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Answer: Counseling usually refers to credit:

Derogatory Credit

Loan Modification & Foreclosure Prevention (You DONT Need to Pay)