Kenneth Welt, senior U.S. bankruptcy trustee for the Southern District of Florida, said strong demand is gobbling up the inventory of distressed real estate sold through a pilot program designed to bypass foreclosure.
When he launched the program in September 2014, Welt said it had taken nearly a decade to persuade lenders to sell properties directly out of bankruptcy court in short sales instead of moving cases to state court for foreclosures.
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