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HUD earnest money question?

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Hi, we recently received our sales contract back, and are ready to go. We had to place ,000 in earnest money in the escrow of our real estate agent. During the walk through, she told us that she cuts a check back to us at closing, so we were plotting on using this money for some repairs and furniture. This is a HUD home, and HUD is paying for 00 in closing costs. Well, I got an email from her today, and she said that the title company will credit us back the earnest money at closing. What does that mean "credit back". Will it go towards the mortgage, or will they give us a check? I heard that it would normally go towards closing costs. Uuuugh, this HUD stuff is getting harder and harder every day to deal with….

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My Agent failed to turn in earnest check for my HUD home. Now I am being told that I am losing the house.?

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

My Agent failed to turn in my earnest check for my HUD home within 3 business days. Now I am being told that I am losing the house. This is not my fault. Is there anyway to still keep this deal or am I out of luck? My agent said that he forgot to turn in the check…. Sounds fishy to me. How do you forget… Worst of all the agent is a close friend of mine… Any suggestions?
My agent told me that HUD sent him a statement saying that the house will be place back up for auction due to not getting earnest money. I am calling HUD 1st thing tomorrow morning to report this problem. If that doesn’t work then I am calling his employing broker. I really prefer to contact a lawyer for a last resort since this guy was my friend for many years but I no longer trust him for excellent reason and I have to look out for my self. This house had over 40K in equity even in the terrible market that we are in.

I have a signed contract from HUD so I am wondering if they are legally bound to sell the house to me. I can even prove when I wrote the check for my earnest money (it was in the form of a bank cut check). My agent is saying that we might have to give up the 00 earnest check in order to re bid on the house. What a mess this is.
I talked to HUD this morning and they say there is no way to keep the property. It will be back up for auction on Friday. My agent said he would return the earnest check…. Haven’t seen it yet. He said that he would bid on the property again for me with 0% commisions so that I stand a better chance of gettin the property (since HUD looks at the net price). Still not sure what I want to do… If things don’t work out then I will for sure be reporting to DORA.

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Can I lose my earnest money waiting for an appraiser to re-visit a home to verify repairs?

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

I have completed every part of the loan process, including the appraisal. The appraiser appraised the home "pending repairs" All of the repairs have been made, and now the bank has ordered a rush re-visit from the appraiser.

She does not answer her phone, and it took us a week to get in touch with her the first time, and our closing date is 2 days from now, so we are guaranteed to not close on time. The bank (BofA) insists that it has to be her, not a new appraiser. The loan is FHA and needs to have an FHA approved appraiser, and apparently local appraisers are backlogged.

My dread is that if the next two days go by and we don’t hear from her, can we lose the earnest money?

Since we had no control over any of this, is there any way to hold the bank responsible for hiring such a total flake? Or the appraiser herself?

Thanks
I am asking because there is a chance that the seller is unwilling to extend the closing date.
AltanK – the earnest money is all I am worried about, yes, that is what I meant.

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Earnest money back from HUD?

Monday, July 20th, 2009

Earnest money back from HUD?

I bought a HUD ‘as-is’ home and did a private inspection. The house has two a/c units. One for up, and one for down. One dosn’t work and needs to be replaced, the other needs several vital parts to be functional. Basically needs two completely new a/c systems. If I back out of my contract with this information, is it enough to make the place “unliveable” and get my earnest money back? Or am I SOL?
I know the “as is” clause. I also am under the impression that if any major defects are found and presented to them, it would be grounds to. What I didn’t know is if air conditioning was considered a major defect. Keep in mind, I’m in Texas, and it’s the middle of the summer.
Thanks for your answers, but after researching, I found that I can:

http://www.southwestalliance.com/documents/Home%20Inspection%20Policy%20Rev%20SWA.pdf

Air conditioning is considered a defective system (for future reference)

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When is it too late to back out of buying a house?

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

When is it too late to back out of buying a house?

I have a buy agreement done with sellers for 104,900 on a house. I have given $500 in earnest money , had a home inspection done, and am now waiting for an appraisal to see if it meets FHA guidelines. If it doesnt meet the Appraisal and FHA wont loan that much for the house, would I be able to renegotiate or back out of the deal without penalty?

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