Today´s economic problems with massive foreclosures could be a sellers and buyers dream by knowing the possibilities of various creative finance options, one of them being real estate exchanging.

Simply stated, an exchange of real estate is an exchange or trade of real estate it is the mutual transfer of property for property. Exchanging real estate has become quite popular in recent years. It is a practical way of transacting real property when little or no cash is available.
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There’s no real estate slump for Cecily Tippery.

As the Realtor with Coldwell Banker Amaral & Associates in Brentwood drove her pewter- colored Lexus last week to some of the 100 homes she is selling, her cell phone rang constantly with updates on properties and questions from her staff. Within a two-hour period, she stopped by one house to take photographs, another to make a pricing estimate, visited a competing agent, and supervised a crew cleaning up a property.

The worse times get in the housing market, the better they are for Tippery. That’s because she specializes in selling foreclosed homes that have been repossessed by lenders.

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A growing number of homeowners behind on their mortgage and facing foreclosure are finding a way to sell despite the glut of Valley homes for sale. They are turning to “short sales,” which are similar to regular home sales except a deal is worked out in which the lender accepts what the house is appraised for or what it will currently sell for instead of what is owed on it.

So a homeowner would sell the house to a buyer willing to pay the current market value of the home, and the lender takes a loss on the rest

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