Want to Buy a HUD Home? in Prescott, Arizona For Sale

A HUD home is a 1-to-4 unit residential property acquired by HUD as a result of a foreclosure action on an FHA-insured mortgage. HUD becomes the property owner and offers it for sale to recover the loss on the foreclosure claim.
Who Can Buy a HUD Home?
Almost anyone! If you have the cash or can qualify for a loan (subject to certain restrictions) you may buy a HUD Home. HUD Homes are initially offered to owner-occupant purchasers (people who are buying the home as their primary residence). Following the priority period for owner occupants, unsold properties are available to all buyers, including investors.
You may make an online offer during the offer period. At the end of the offer period, all offers are opened and considered to be received simultaneously. The highest acceptable net bid is then accepted, and the buyer?s agent is contacted.
If the home isn?t sold in the initial offer period, buyers may submit a bid any day of the week, including weekends and holidays. Bids are opened the next day.
Follow these four tips for buying a HUD home:
1. Find the right real estate agent. Only real estate agents who are registered with HUD may represent home buyers and investors in the purchase of HUD homes online. To find the right agent, you can search through the website that lists HUD homes in your area. Be sure to ask how long the agent has represented buyers and investors, how the process typically works, whether the agent will accompany you to inspect the property, and what special knowledge the agent has garnered from being a registered HUD agent.
2. Inspect the property before making an offer. The local listing broker can gain access to the property and show it to you. However, you don?t need to call the listing broker to see the house with your agent. Any HUD registered agent can gain access to a HUD home. When you?re inspecting the property, take a lot of notes and photos of the property so you can be mindful of any improvements that need to be made when constructing your offer.
3. Make an offer. The offer process on a HUD home is probably different from what you?re used to. Offers can be cancelled with no earnest money forfeiture. Once an offer is submitted, it can be cancelled before the HUD agent opens the bid electronically, or after by sending an email to the company managing the home. Until the contract is signed, the earnest money is not in jeopardy, so there are a few days after the bid is accepted to cancel.
4. Be ready to close on your HUD home. HUD is moving toward 30-day contracts so get your financing together ahead of time. You may be able to qualify for FHA financing or special FHA deals, like or the Good Neighbor Next Door program, which offers a discount for HUD homes to law enforcement officers, teachers, firefighters, and emergency medical technicians who meet eligibility requirements. But it helps if you get your loan documentation together ahead of time, including your W-2; your paycheck stubs; your tax returns; copies of your savings, investment, and retirement accounts; and documentation of other assets and liabilities. You?ll need to provide copies of your driver?s license and other identifying information. Create a file for these documents so they?re ready when you are. You will also have to submit a preapproval letter with the sales contract in order for it to be accepted. The letter must indicate the buyer is qualified for the amount of the contract, the type of financing and any assets that have been verified for closing.
Here is a link to a list of all the active HUD Homes for sale in Yavapai county.
http://www.blbresources.com/photolist/AZ%20-%20Yavapai%20HUD%20Photo%20List.pdf
Visit the HUD Home Store website for all your HUD information on purchasing your new dream home at incredible prices!
www.hudhomestore.com
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