Equator’s Vella: Short sales set to swell 25% in 2011          by JON PRIOR Thursday, January 6th, 2011, 1:55 pm  The Treasury Department set a new standard for short sales in 2010 when it launched the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives program. But short sales were lower than expected last year with HAFA generating fewer than 700. But the Treasury [...]