https://realtybiznews.com/lenders-shy-away-from-short-sales-as-home-prices-rise/98721177/ With the latest on mortgages, refinancing, real estate & home tips Fri, 08 Aug 2014 14:34:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 https://realtybiznews.com/lenders-shy-away-from-short-sales-as-home-prices-rise/98721177/#comment-253734 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:44:18 +0000 https://realtybiznews.com/?p=21177#comment-253734 You can’t simply correlate the stats and say the declining number of approved short sales is due to the rising home values. The value of the home is not the major, decisive, factor in a short sale, it is the existence of a borrower hardship. Since the economy is improving, there may be fewer hardships. And despite what some in the real estate community are espousing, being underwater on your home, does not constitute a hardship.

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