Foreclosure vs bankruptcy?
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You won't lose anything but the house. However, your credit will be bad. Foreclosure is looked at just like a bankruptcy.
I don't think you can lose your cars if your house forcloses... The house the loan is on is collateral on the home morgage, not the cars or the other house.
HUGE ding on the credit. Personal assets will not be touched other than the house. If you have an FHA or VA loan, it will prevent you from obtaining another government backed loan, even if it is just a refinance.
If you don't have any of your cars and your other home as collateral you should be fine.
You don't want to file bankruptcy or have a foreclosure on your record.
There are other options for you!
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Good lick!
Mark
Well I'm sure you know that both are bad options. If your house in California is foreclosed on, you won't lose anything but the house and your credit will be ruined for a very long time. Bankruptcy might be a better way to go, talk to an attorney.
"deed in leiu" is supposed to hurt your credit less than foreclosure. Essentially, you turn the home over to the loan company voluntarily, before falling behind on payments. To do it (for Chase) you need to send copies of tax returns, bank statements, hardship letter, etc.
Why consider either? You should sell your home in California as fast as you can. Price it for 10% less than market value and it will sell immediately. If you don't have any equity try a short sale agreement with the bank. If they know you are close to foreclosure they would rather negotiate than own your house. Feel free to email with more questions. Good luck.
You won't lose your primary residence or cars. For a foreclosure, that will have a huge impact on your credit score, but that is eventually repairable. Bankruptcy follows you for a number of years, and makes it real difficult to borrow money for those years. Personally, I would gamble on the foreclosure - the foreclosure sale might get the money needed to pay off the loan amount and you are in the clear. If not, a deficiency judgment MIGHT be pursued, upon which you can work something out with your lender. (Start communicating with your lender now.)
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