What if I had a BK and a Foreclosure ??

Client called today with a not-so-unusual scenario. They had been declined by a Bank on this . .
They lost their home in foreclosure 5/29/2008, filed Bankruptcy in 10/2008 and the BK was discharged 6/4/2009.
In their Bankruptcy filing their attorney had listed the balance of the foreclosed-on mortgage. The bank denied their loan stating that the filing of the BK to include the mortgage made it to where 3 yrs had to expire from the BK discharge date.
Can they qualify for FHA financing now ?
The answer is:
The bank is wrong.
The three year time-clock to satisfy the ‘seasoning since foreclosure’ requirement of FHA, begins from the date of the Trustee sale (or in Judicial Foreclosure states such as Oklahoma, from the Court ordered sale date) -Well this client is past that 3 yr period (5/29/08).
The fact that the BK included the deficiency balance of the foreclosure (which would have prevented the Lender from trying to collect on it) doesn’t negate the 3 yr seasoning.
The BK is 2 yrs old (from Discharge date) and therefore they are eligible for FHA financing. 🙂

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