This article from the Times, Taking Over a Seller’s Loan, addresses the possibility of taking over an existing mortgage in limited cases, primarily with the FHA or VA has insured the loan or it’s an adjustable rate mortgage.
Homeowners with a mortgage insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs should consider using their loan terms as a marketing tool when it comes time to sell.
Mortgage loans from both government agencies include a little-known feature known as assumability. In other words, the buyer of a home financed with an existing F.H.A. or V.A. loan may be able to take over, or assume, the seller’s loan, under the same terms, rather than take out a new mortgage.
“You could now have a seller saying, ‘I have a great house to sell you and a great mortgage to go with it, which is better than my neighbor, who only has a great house,’ ” said Marc Israel, an executive vice president of Kensington Vanguard National Land Services and a real estate lawyer. “It’s a very clever idea.”
So what’s the catch? In a rising market, the buyer needs more cash to put down.
When a house sold back in the 70s for $28,000 and had a $25,000 mortgage, the need for cash was $3,000. But when prices run up by the 10s of thousands of dollars, well, you get my point.
Read the full article.
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