Posted on January 12th, 2012, 1:36 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Matt Gregory is a top Keller Williams real estate agent and short sale expert! Matt has helped many Santa Clarita, CA and Los Angeles homeowners avoid foreclosure and short sale their homes. If you’re struggling with your mortgage and would like a new start, contact Matt Gregory today. 661-713-4799 or mgregory@kw.com. Homeowners have more options and solutions than they are aware! Read below and watch this outstanding video below to learn more:
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If you’re a Santa Clarita or Los Angeles area homeowner with financial difficulties, and your home is at risk, it’s critical you contact Certified Distressed Property Expert, Matt Gregory. The earlier the short sale process is started the better the chance of success. Once you contact Matt, he’ll develop cutting edge strategies and a plan of attack, specifically customized for your situation. He’ll immediately implement his proven methods and put them to work, just for you, the homeowner!
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It costs the homeowner nothing to short sale their home. Matt will be paid by the lender and it costs the homeowner nothing! In many cases, Matt has even been able to negotiate $3,000. or more in cash back to the homeowner. It’s time to face your financial truth and take action! Don’t allow yourself to think it’s not possible! Don’t think let yourself think it won’t work for you! It can and will, work for you. Give yourself a break and contact Matt today.
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Matt is a Certified Distressed Property Expert and utilizes cutting edge solutions for those facing financial crisis.
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Posted on September 12th, 2011, 8:39 amby Matt & Pete Gregory
Welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group. Certified Distressed Property Expert Matt Gregory provides a Santa Clarita Valley Short Sale Market Update for August, 2011. Take a look at the video and read below to learn more:
There are 1129 homes for sale in Santa Clarita, California. Of those 1129 homes, 478 are short sales. That’s 42% of the real estate market! 41%, or462 of those homes for sale are standard sales. We have a total 168 bank owned properties for sale, also known as REO’s. Short Sales have dominated the Santa Clarita real estate market for quite a long time now. This is not surprising and it is expected. As we stated at the beginning of the year with our 2011 predictions, “short sale transactions would continue to dominate the real estate market in the Santa Clarita Valley.”
Now is a good time to buy a home in Santa Clarita! Home prices are down and interest rates are low. If you’re considering buying a SCV home, it’s critical you select a real estate agent that is an expert with distressed property transactions. It’s no longer a good idea to just choose your friendly neighborhood real estate agent. Check to see if your agent has any special training or designations associated with distressed sales transactions. Check their track record for successfully closed short sale transactions. Talk to some past clients. These Santa Clarita short sale transactions can be extremely difficult, complex & time consuming. Once you finally end your lengthly home search and find that special home, you want the transaction to CLOSE. Having representation by an expert real estate agent that is experienced with with short sale transactions will allow the best chance at success. Contact Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group today. Matt has successfully helped may friends and clients successfully buy and sell their short sale properties. He’s here to help you as well.
Posted on March 22nd, 2011, 1:41 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group! With the number of short sale properties on the market today, we thought it might be a good idea to address one of the questions we sometimes hear from our clients. Why would my lender agree to a short sale? Take a look at the video and read below as expert short sale agent, Matt Gregory explains:
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In most distressed mortgage situations, foreclosure is a last resort for all parties involved. Simply put, both the homeowner and the lender usually want to avoid foreclosure at all costs. That is why lenders have come up with various alternatives to foreclosure, which they are very motivated to pursue prior to going to foreclosure. A short sale gives the lender to ability to cut their losses up front, avoiding the time and expense of a foreclosure and potentially greater losses. Lenders want to make loans! They don’t want to be in the business of owning and managing real estate. In many cases, a short sale offers a better return on the lenders investment than a foreclosure. Contact Matt Today!
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Last year we had a perfect example of a lender taking heavier losses by foreclosing than if they would have agreed to a short sale. The lender mistakenly thought the property was worth way more than they were offered on the short sale. They went ahead a foreclosed but sold the property for much less than they were offered on the short sale. In this case the lender was unfortunately provided an incorrect and low BPO by their own broker.
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If you’re struggling with your mortgage and would like some help exploring your options and solutions, contact us to schedule a confidential consultation. You may contact Matt at 661-290-3735. Matt is a short sale expert and a top Keller Williams real estate agent in Santa Clarita, CA.
Posted on January 18th, 2011, 1:47 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
ExtremeShortSale.com presents another Santa Clarita Short Sale Deal from top Santa Clarita Real Estate Agent, Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group. this one’s not in the MLS yet, but will be listed at $210,000 very soon. It’s a FHA friendly, 2 bedroom, 3 bathroom plus a cool little loft! 1149 SF townhome in a peaceful and serene area north of Copper Hill. Tastefully decorated and available now! Let’s get this in escrow before it hits the MLS! Contact Matt Gregory today at 661-713-4799. See the video and photos below:
Yes, it’s a Saugus / Santa Clarita short sale and some buyers are just plain scared of these types of transactions! We’re not! Matt Gregory is a Certified Distressed Property Expert, a Short Sale Specialist and closes these short sale transactions on a regular basis! Utilizing “cutting edge” stratagies and options, we’re able to complete short sales where others may fail. We offer a FREE one year home warranty to all the buyers we represent. Give us a call and let’s take a look at this home, or others we have available right now! Contact Matt today! 661-713-4799
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Remember, Loan Modifications usually don’t work for most people. The majority of those that actually receive a loan modification will default within one year! If you’re struggling with your mortgage and facing foreclosure make the right financial decision. Protect your future wealth and credit ratings. Contact Matt today at 661-713-4799.
Posted on November 9th, 2010, 4:24 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group. We’re glad you’re here and welcome your comments. Our goal for today is to explain how to choose a real estate agent for a Santa Clarita Short Sale transaction or a short sale in any area. The Santa Clarita Real Estate market continues to be loaded with Short Sales so chances are, if you’re reading this post, you’re looking to buy a home or sell a home. If so, we bet it’s a short sale! Take a look at the video and read below to learn more.
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We all know a Real Estate Agent! The only criteria most of us use to choose a Real Estate Agent is, the agent be a friend or a friend of a friend. That’s it! Wow, we might interview and take bids from at least three contractors to do $5,000. worth of construction work around our home. We might visit three stores to buy a $1500. washer and dryer. Why is it, when it comes to choosing a Santa Clarita real estate agent to buy or sell a $400,000 home, most of us just call a friend? Who knows, but that’s what we do! NO QUESTIONS ASKED! Hmmmmm…….
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We’ll I’m here to say, be very careful which real estate agent you choose if you’re buying or selling a Santa Clarita Short Sale. These short sale transactions are becoming more and more complex and difficult. As time goes on it’s tougher and tougher to close a Santa Clarita short sale. With many folks doing their best to avoid foreclosure or avoid a costly loan modification the number of Santa Clarita short Sales keep increasing. If you plan to buy or sell a short sale, here’s what’s suggested:
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Make sure you meet you prospective Santa Clarita Real Estate Agent at the agents office for an interview. Ask questions like you would to any agent but make sure you add the following. Make sure to find out if the agent has a proved track record for successful closed short sale transactions. This is critical! If your agent is not highly experienced with short sales, your deal could fall through due to a honest lack of experience. Next, be sure to ask exactly who will negotiate on your behalf with your lender? If it’s the agent, make sure that agent or the agents team member has experience negotiating with lenders. Has this person ever worked for a lender before? Have they ever had dealings with your lender? If so, how many? Do they have specific connections within your lenders organization that might be helpful? You get the picture. Ask questions and then, confirm! Ask for multiple referrals and then contact those referrals to verify.
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Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group almost always use a professional negotiator to handle the transaction with the lender. We feel it’s in our clients best interest to use a negotiator with the experience and knowledge to help our clients as much as possible. If your agent plans to use a negotiator it’s best to find out who that person or company is and at least look them up. You can always see reviews a Google Places, just for starters. As a first priority, your agent should be helping you to avoid foreclosure but stay in your home. If a loan modification is not a financially sound solution, it’s probably best to short sale.
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Make sure you’re comfortable with your agent and have confidence he or she can help the Short Sale Transaction close. For the homeowner, a Santa Clarita Short Sale transaction may only happen once in a lifetime. Why take chances? Contact Matt Gregory and the Gregory Real Estate Group, today! We want to help you, help yourself, today.
Posted on November 3rd, 2010, 9:45 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Greeting and welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com. Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group announce our very HOT, APPROVED, SHORT SALE VALENCIA. this is our DEAL OF THE WEEK! Located at 27952 Crown Court Circle 127 in the North park community of Valencia CA. This is a HOT Santa Clarita Real Estate deal and presently listed at $255,000 and WILL NOT LAST! Take a look at this short movie to learn more.
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Visit the Property Website now and learn more. This home was just reduced $24,000 and is an APPROVED Santa Clarita Short Sale. You won’t find many deals like this in the Santa Clarita Real Estate market. Contact Certified Distressed Property Expert and experienced Santa Clarita Short Sale Specialist, Matt Gregory at 661-713-4799 or Gregory Real Estate Group member, Pete Gregory at 661-406-2959. You can also e mail Matt at mgregory@kw.com or Pete at petegregory@kw.com.
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Now, for just a little Santa Clarita Real Estate business! The Gregory Real Estate Group prides ourselves on our success in helping our friends, family and clients with all their Real Estate needs. If it’s time for you to sell your home or buy a home, we want to help! If your struggling with your mortgage and facing the possibility of foreclosure, we can help. In fact, Matt Gregory leads our group and is a top Santa Clarita Real Estate Agent and an expert in Short Sales and helping others to avoid foreclosure. Many of our clients have tried Loan modifications and failed. The reason loan modifications are usually not the solution is because loan modifications are only right for a very few individuals. Most people should be exploring other options to solve their mortgage crisis. In most cases, a short sale is going to be the answer. Schedule a meeting with us and we’ll help you explore your options and find a solution that’s right for YOU! We want to help! Our first goal is always to help the struggling homeowner try to save their home, if at all possible. This service is FREE, from the Gregory Real Estate Group! Contact us today to schedule a FREE and confidential meeting. Click here, read our reviews on Google Places and you’ll see Matt Gregory has nice group of happy clients.
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Our office is located at 25124 Valencia Blvd in Valencia, CA 91355. It’s the Keller Williams VIP Properties building on Valencia Blvd, right next to the 5 Freeway.
Posted on October 27th, 2010, 2:04 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Welcome again to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group. Today’s post is specifically about the sharing of a Santa Clarita Short Sale secret from Santa Clarita Real Estate agent Matt Gregory. Short Sale transactions continue to be very common in the Santa Clarita Real Estate market but they’re also getting more complex. If you’re considering short selling your property here’s a new success secret you’ll need to know. Take a look at the video and read below to learn more.
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Don’t wait too long to decide to list and short sale your home. Some lenders are now refusing to extend the sale date more than once on a distressed mortgage. We recently had an experience with Wells Fargo and were informed that, from now on they will only extend the sale date once. In the past we’ve been able to obtain sale date extensions numerous times, as long as we were actively and diligently working to obtain a fair market and legitimate offer to buy.
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It’s not uncommon for homeowners to extend themselves to within a few weeks of a foreclosure sale date before they finally decide on a short sale, especially a Santa Clarita Short Sale. Many homeowners lose precious time trying for the much advertised loan modification, hoping to avoid foreclosure, save their home and their mortgage. This is a whole other problem because the banking industry, our government and the main stream media are all leading us to believe that a loan modification is the best solution for ALL! This is mostly untrue! Loan Modifications are only right for a few people that experienced temporary short term financial difficulties. A loan modification is not right for folks that have long term loss of income for any reason, be it health or employment. Be very careful when choosing a loan modification as your solution. Be sure you’re facing your financial truth before obtaining and agreeing to a loan modification. Did you know that 67% of all those receiving loan modifications actually default within the first nine months to a year. The reason is because a loan modification was the wrong solution & it’s only delaying the inevitable.
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Generally speaking, the best way to salvage your credit and avoid foreclosure is to short sale. Matt Gregory and his Gregory Real Estate Group have successfully completed many Santa Clarita short Sales as well as short sales in the surrounding communities. Matt is a Certified distressed Property Expert and a designated Short Sale Specialist. Matt utilizes a great team including some top, tough and experienced bank negotiators. A Santa Clarita short Sale should cost the homeowner NOTHING! That’s right, $0.00! Any short sale should cost the homeowner NOTHING! In some cases, the seller can walk away with a little relocation money also. It just depends on the lender and the negotiator. It’s critical the short seller use an short sale experienced Realtor®. These transactions are just becoming too complex to take chances!
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Contact us today! Matt and his team will meet with you confidentially to explore your options and find a solution that’s right for you! Matt’s goal is to always help the homeowner try to save their home first. If that’s not a prudent financial decision, Matt will short sale your home for you but don’t wait too long. The sooner the property is listed the sooner it can be sold! Again, time is now more critical than ever before so contact us today & let us, help you, help yourself!
Posted on October 21st, 2010, 4:29 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Here we are again at the Gregory Real Estate Group, representing many Santa Clarita Short Sale buyers and sellers. Here at ExtremeShortSale.com our goal is to help others learn about Santa Clarita Real Estate, especially short sales, also aka, pre-foreclosure sales. I did an open house last weekend at one of our Santa Clarita Short Sale listings in Valencia. While talking to the visitors, I realized that most people do not understand what a short sale is or how to buy a short sale property. I immediately decided there is a need to share the answer to question that question in the video below. Take a look at the video and read below to learn more.
The Santa Clarita Real Estate market consists of a very large percentage of short sale properties. Many people ask, how the heck do I buy that Santa Clarita Short Sale home I like sooooo much! I’m not even sure what a short sale is, but I’ve heard the term so often I’m too embarrassed to ask. Well, now you don’t have to ask because we’re here to help!
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There’s one main difference between a Santa Clarita short sale (or any short sale) and standard sale. In a standard sale the buyer makes an offer to the homeowner and if the homeowner accepts, the escrow process begins. In a short sale the buyer still makes an offer to homeowner. Once the homeowner receives a fair market offer, it’s submitted to the homeowners lender and the lender will accept, counter or reject the offer. Note: The homeowner also submits his or her ”short sale package” along with the offer, but that’s another subject. I’ve heard the term “short sale” referred to as “Long Sale” and that’s the challenge with Short Sales! Depending on the specifics for that particular mortgage and the lender, it does take time for the lender to respond to the buyers offer. The lenders do seem to be handling short sales a little more efficiently, but there’s still a wait! It’s usually two to four weeks. That’s about it! If the offer is accepted by the bank, escrow opens, just like any other escrow and the escrow generally proceeds just like any standard real estate transaction. There are a few little differences but no big deals!
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Matt Gregory leads our team and is a Certified Distressed Property Expert as well as a designated Short Sale Specialist. Contact us here at the Gregory Real Estate Group and we’ll be happy to help you with all your Santa Clarita Real Estate needs.
Posted on October 20th, 2010, 6:09 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com and the Gregory Real Estate Group! Certified Distressed Property Expert, Matt Gregory leads our group and we’re all extremely active in Santa Clarita Real Estate. Matt is highly experienced in Santa Clarita Short Sales and continues to successfully complete many Santa Clarita Short Sale transactions. Short sales are getting more and more complex and they’re not the type of transaction for someone with little experience. Take a look at the video and read below to learn more.
Today we start our new series on Santa Clarita short sale benefits. This will be a list of benefits the homeowner may experience as a result of short selling their home or investment property. Here’s Santa Clarita Short Sale Benefit #1:
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A Santa Clarita short Sale, or any short sale, allows the owner to list and sell their property as soon as hardship hits, minimizing the credit impact. Depending on how many mortgage payments the owner falls behind, generally determines how long it will take to obtain a mortgage loan in the future. If a short sale occurs before falling behind, a new loan may be obtained in as little as one year. If the owner falls behind by 30 to 60 days a new loan may be obtained in two years. The further behind the owner is, the longer it will take to obtain a new mortgage loan. Remember, if you’ve received a Notice of Default and you’re facing a sale date, it’s still not too late to short sale your property. We can HELP! Let us help you, help yourself, today!
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Contact Matt Gregory with the Gregory Real Estate Group and schedule a FREE confidential meeting. Matt and his team will be happy to help you explore your options and find a solution. If needed, we’ll help you analysize (for FREE) any possible loan modification under consideration. If you’re looking for financing options we can refer you to our top gun financing associates and and they can help you with future financing options.
Posted on August 12th, 2010, 2:39 pmby Matt & Pete Gregory
Good afternoon and welcome to ExtremeShortSale.com! Top Santa Clarita Real Estate agent and Santa Clarita Short Sale Specialist, Matt Gregory and our Gregory Real Estate Group attended a Keller Williams hosted luncheon at the brand new Chick-fil-A restaurant right here in Santa Clarita at the Valencia Town Center Mall. This was a fun event with great Chick-fil-A food and replaced our usual Thursday afternoon, Keller Williams Santa Clarita Real Estate team meeting.
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I must say, the Chick-fil-A food was great, but the special Chick-fil-A service was fabulous! Matt & I both had the Chicken Nugget meal #5. This brand new Chick-fil-A restaurant is very nice and a comfortable spot for a very good meal. A special thanks to our beloved Keller Williams leaders, Steve White, Frank Crandall and Patrick Lopez for sponsoring this fun event! Also, a special Happy Birthday wish to the heart and soul of this office and an amazing woman, Jenny Tobler! We had some other folks attend the lunch also, such as the great folks from Prospect Mortgage as well as Victory Escrow. It’s always nice to have them present since they keep us all up to date on the latest mortgage and escrow happenings.
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Be sure to visit ExtremeShortSale.com and learn about Santa Clarita Short Sales, foreclosures, mortgage struggles, loan modifications. Your Certified Distressed property Expert and Short Sale Specialist, Matt Gregory, will teach you all you need to know, with tons of videos and articles about these very same topics. See our Top Ten List! It’s our Santa Clarita Top Ten Short Sale Myths. This is a series of posts we recently completed, and if you’re struggling with your mortgage you’ll find it very helpful.
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We’d love to meet with you anytime so drop us a note or give us a call and we can plan a confidential visit, or maybe a lunch at Chick-fil-A!
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