What happens if you default on a mortgage and they sell your house for more than you owe?

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What happens if you default on a mortgage and they sell your house for more than you owe?

Say the band sells your house for $300K, and you only have $50K left on the mortgage. Do you get your $250K?

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5 Responses to “What happens if you default on a mortgage and they sell your house for more than you owe?”

  1. zeuz Says:

    You get the balance.

  2. Ross T Says:

    In the UK you would get the balance minus all the ludicrous fees that the bank add on.

  3. frak1a12345 Says:

    Yes. After all expenses, late payments, late payment fees, etc. you get what is left over.

  4. mar c Says:

    the go to a strip club and party…

  5. Tyler Says:

    yeah why would you let the house go to foreclosure if you had that much equity??

    Well you would probably get back any balance after all the fees were paid.

    I found some foreclosures here that were steals