Today’s economic environment has given a lot of people financial hardships. Even people in California which is home to the world famous entertainment capital, Hollywood, still suffer from the current economic status. There are a lot of families and individuals that lose their home to California foreclosures every day.
A real estate short sale is when a lender agrees to sell the home at a price that is less then what is owed on the property. This happens when the bank agrees to sell the home at the price less than its mortgage balance.
Financial imbalance is not new to a lot of families in the economic environment nowadays. The rates of San Diego foreclosures alone amounted roughly to around 3,500 in the 2nd quarter of 2009, which is a 14 percent increase from the previous 1,630 San Diego foreclosure rates in the 1st quarter of 2009. Each year, it seems that there is an increasing rate of people faced with foreclosure problems.