Smart Car Financing: Avoiding Negative Equity in Your Loan
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🔹 Troubling Trends in the Auto Market
- 25% of trade-ins toward new car purchases have more than $10,000 in negative equity (according to Edmunds).
- Negative equity means you owe more than your car is worth—a growing issue for car owners.
🔹 How Negative Equity Adds Up
- Historically, negative equity was around $1,000 - $2,000 but has now skyrocketed.
- If you owe $30,000 on a car only worth $20,000, the $10,000 negative equity rolls into your next car loan.
- This makes new car payments even higher and adds more financial strain.
🔹 Options to Escape Negative Equity
✅ Avoid trading in with negative equity – It adds debt to your new loan.
✅ Avoid voluntary repossession – This leads to a deficiency judgment.
✅ Consider a car short sale – A method to sell your car for less than you owe with lender approval.
🔹 How a Car Short Sale Works
✅ Avoid trading in with negative equity – It adds debt to your new loan.
✅ Avoid voluntary repossession – This leads to a deficiency judgment.
✅ Consider a car short sale – A method to sell your car for less than you owe with lender approval.
🔹 How a Car Short Sale Works
- Work with your lender to file necessary documents (e.g., evaluation report, sale affidavit).
- Many lenders prefer short sales over repossessions as they recover more value.
- Some lenders may waive part of the negative equity or allow you to pay off a smaller portion in installments.
🔹 The Cost of Carrying Negative Equity
- If you roll $10,000 of negative equity into a new loan at 10% interest, you’ll pay $1,000 extra per year in interest alone.
- A short sale can help you avoid paying full interest on negative equity.
🔹 Need Help?
📌 Click the link below to start the car short sale process.
📌 Book a live consultation with a certified title expert for personalized advice.
📌 Have questions? Drop them in the comments!
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📌 Click the link below to start the car short sale process.
📌 Book a live consultation with a certified title expert for personalized advice.
📌 Have questions? Drop them in the comments!
🎥 Watch more videos at ActualHum.com & Describe.tv!
