Let me get this right. We are going to give money to the institutions that are responsible for mismanaging their loans, so that they can give money to the people who mismanaged their mortgages, and administer these funds through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac who guaranteed the bad loans in the first place. Stop for one second and say that out loud.
In late 2006 the economy was showing indicators that pointed to a looming mortgage crisis that would ultimately disrupt the flow of business in the secondary market. Investors, who are essential to the flow of money, basically ignored the warning signs but began trading more cautiously. What they ignored was the “perfect storm” as it relates to our secondary mortgage market. The housing bubble burst, sub-prime loans began adjusting, investors stopped trading, and mortgage companies were left holding mortgages that were not worth what they paid for them. (more…)
I just read an article that is titled “Taking a hard line on rewriting the bankruptcy code” by Edward L. Glaeser, a professor economics at Harvard University. I am in awe at how well it summed up the mortgage crisis in one short article.
I am a retired mortgage broker and a writer for several web sites about mortgage related matters and have yet to communicate with clarity the message as well as he did. If you are interested in a real strategy for ending the mortgage crisis I suggest that you Google the article title. (more…)
It’s an epidemic that hasn’t been seen since the great depression; houses are being foreclosed at three times the normal rate in some counties across America. As a result of this sudden rise in foreclosures a new type of business has sprung up within the real estate market called the “short sell.”
If you are considering bankruptcy or foreclosure it is extremely important to understand this practice that helps and hinders many at the same time. (more…)