From Housing Wire
''A mortgage servicer completes the foreclosure, eventually. And the bank has taken title to the home and arranged to sell it as an REO to a new buyer. The purchase contracts are even signed. So, take another home out of the however-many-millions there are in the shadow inventory. It's off to the next one.
But then the bank finds out there is a homeowners association or condo association past due amount. In each state it is different, but in Florida, it's a nightmare. A safe harbor rule under a legal statute declares the first-lien holder can pay the lesser of either the past 12 months in assessments or 1% of the original principal balance on the home.
So, if a homeowner is paying $250 per month in HOA fees for a home that originally cost $140,000, that would be roughly $1,400 owed to the association as 1% of the original principal balance, opposed to the $3,000 in past due fees.''
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