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Sell Your Underwater Home With a Short Sale in Wichita

If you owe more on your mortgage than your home is worth, a short sale may be the solution. We help homeowners in Wichita navigate the short sale process quickly and with minimal stress, often closing faster than traditional short sales.

What Is a Short Sale and Why It’s Challenging

A short sale occurs when you sell your home for less than what you owe on the mortgage. The difference must be forgiven by the lender, which is why short sales are complex and time-consuming.

Why short sales are difficult:
  • Requires lender approval at every step
  • Lenders are often slow to respond or deny short sale requests
  • Buyers frequently pull out during the long approval process
  • Closing timelines are unpredictable, often 3 6 months or longer
  • Banks may require an appraisal and hardship documentation
  • May still result in deficiency judgment depending on state law
  • Damage to credit, though less severe than foreclosure

Most traditional buyers avoid short sales because of the uncertainty and delays. This creates a catch 22: you need a buyer to negotiate with the bank, but buyers are hesitant to enter the process.

Your Options for an Underwater Home

If you owe more than your home is worth, you have limited but important choices:

Wait for Home Values to Rise

This can work in some markets, but it requires you to continue paying the mortgage and wait for recovery.

Traditional Short Sale

List the home and hope to find a buyer willing to wait months for lender approval.

Cash Offer Directly to Your Lender

Work with a cash buyer who can present an offer directly to the bank, often speeding approval.

How We Accelerate the Short Sale Process

We have extensive experience working with lenders on short sales. Our approach is faster and more efficient than traditional short sales.

When you work with Pillar Home Buyers:
  • We work directly with your lender to negotiate the short sale
  • As a cash buyer, we are more appealing to lenders than traditional buyers
  • No financing contingencies to complicate the approval
  • We can often close in 30 60 days, far faster than traditional short sales
  • We handle all lender coordination so you don’t have to
  • No agent commissions or lengthy marketing period
  • Clear timeline from start to finish

Lenders prefer cash offers because they close quickly and reliably, which makes them far more likely to approve our offer quickly.

What You Can Expect

We understand that short sales are stressful. Here is how our process works:

  1. Step 1: Evaluation – We review your situation and current mortgage
  2. Step 2: Offer – We make a fair cash offer based on the home’s condition and market value
  3. Step 3: Lender Coordination – We submit our offer to your lender for approval
  4. Step 4: Approval – Once approved, we move to closing
  5. Step 5: Closing – Funds go directly to your lender to pay off the mortgage

Throughout this process, we keep communication clear and transparent. You will always know where things stand.

When a Short Sale Is Your Best Option

A short sale with us makes sense when:

  • You owe significantly more than the home is worth – Waiting for recovery is not realistic
  • You need to sell quickly – You cannot afford to wait years for values to rise
  • You want to avoid foreclosure – Short sale is better than foreclosure for your credit
  • You want the process to be fast and certain – Traditional short sales are slow and uncertain
  • You are tired of managing the property – Stop paying for something that is worth less than your mortgage

Let’s Accelerate Your Short Sale

If you owe more on your home than it is worth, a short sale with us can resolve the situation far faster than traditional methods.

Get a fair cash offer and work directly with your lender for quick approval.

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But it gets better:

You can sell fast without an agent with no rush to move. You don’t have to move out right away; you can stay in your home for awhile until you locate another home.

We are confident that we can help you today – regardless of the situation.

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 Selling w/ A Wichita AgentSOLD To Pillar Home Buyers
Commissions / Fees:Up to 6%, paid by you, the seller- 3% for your sellers agent AND you pay 3% to the buyers agent!You pay ZERO Commissions and ZERO FEES!
Who Pays Closing Costs?2% on average is paid by you, the sellerWe pay all costs.
Inspection & Financing Contingency*:Yes, sales can fall through, lengthy and costly repair requests, and lots of headachesNone needed!
Appraisal Needed:Yes, the sale is often subject to appraisal.No, we make cash offers.
Average Days Until Sold:+/- 91 DaysWe provide immediate cash offers and can close on your timeline
Number of Showings:It Depends, at minimum we have found that in todays market we are seeing 10+ on a PERFECT house.1 (Just Us)
Closing Date:30-90+/- days after accepting the buyer’s offerThe date of YOUR CHOICE.
Who Pays For Repairs?Negotiated during the inspection period (usually the seller)We pay for all repairs.
*An inspection contingency lets the buyer have time to do an inspection and back out of the sale or negotiate a new price if there are repairs that need to be done. If you can’t come to an agreement with the buyer, the buyer has the right to back out of the sale. Similarly, a financing contingency gives the buyer the wiggle room to back out of the purchase if they can’t obtain a loan or if the home doesn’t appraise for the value that the bank needs to close the loan.