Effect: Ability to purchase another home
Short Sale: From 2008 of May, upon the success of your home’s short sale, your eligibility for getting a mortgage backed by Fannie Mae will increase after just two years.
Foreclosure: From 2008 of May, if your property undergoes a foreclosure, you will not be entitled to a mortgage backed by Fannie Mae for four years.
Effect: Ability to purchase a second home or investment properties
Short Sale: You will have to wait two years before being eligible for a mortgage backed by Fannie Mae.
Foreclosure: This will be the same as the foreclosure for the above. However, you will not be considered for an investment mortgage by Fanny May for the next seven years.
Effect: Obtain conventional Financing
Short Sale: While this is a new territory and there is no definite answer for this by most of the major lenders, most people have a feeling that the effect will not be as bad as that in a foreclosure.
Foreclosure: In case you even get approved for a conventional loan, chances are that you will have to pay an interest rate that is much higher.