Marin Short Sales and Foreclosures
Marin Realtor and short sale specialist Tom Verkozen, with Frank Howard Allen Real Estate, can help you avoid foreclosure and repair your credit. With expertise in short sales in Marin and Sonoma Counties, Tom's over 20 years of experience in real estate and negotiating will help you get favorable results in short sales of homes and condominiums.
Doing a short sale rather than going through foreclosure has three primary advantages for homeowners in Marin and Sonoma Counties:
- Financial. When you have negative equity (you owe more than the property is worth), whether or not you can afford to make payments on the loans, you are pouring your money down the drain. The property is no longer a good investment and you need to make a strategic decision – negative equity, short sale or foreclosure.
- Stress reduction. Choosing to do a short sale means that you are choosing …. being pro-active and opting to create your destiny by working through a short sale shifts your focus from victim to active participant in shaping your future.
- Credit restoration. A successful short sale may restore your credit in time for you to cash in on a real estate purchase … before prices return to the stratosphere. After a foreclosure you will not be able to buy for a long, long time …
A Marin or Sonoma Short Sale Evaluation will help you decide the best path to financial stability and personal well being. With the experience of 20+ years in the real estate markets of Marin and Sonoma Counties, call Tom at (415) 257-2039 to help you evaluate your options.
Short Sales Are Our Specialty
A short sale can help you reduce your current financial and emotional stress ….
and bring joy back into your life
Our team (Tom Verkozen and Michele Barton plus attorneys, CPAs, escrow officers, lender negotiators and expeditors) knows short sales. We provide you with
- Information
- Expertise
Certified Distressed Property Expert
- Belief
To explore your options, contact
Tom Verkozen tverkozen@fhallen.com, phone (415) 257-2039
Or
Michele Barton mbarton@fhallen.com, phone (415) 258-4116
SOLVING OUR HOUSING CRISIS
ONE FAMILY AT A TIME
You are Not Alone
Of the 1125 residential properties listed on the Multiple Listing Service for sale in Marin County (as of March 2011) 287 are offered as short sales … that’s 26% … as compared to sales during 2010 … 2322 total sales, 282 or 12% were short sales …. many more are listed than actually sell … frequently as a result of a lack of understanding or education.
In Sonoma County there are 2506 residential properties listed, of which 35% or 883 are listed as short sales … during 2010 there were 5031 total sales, of which 20% or 1014 properties were short sales … not a great success ratio.