Reducing mortgages by 100k with the stroke of a pen?

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SAT:

I really hate to say this but ....if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. There has to be a catch in here.

$100K off of a $300K mortgage? Why not take the full $300K off. Then nobody owes anything! Kind of like a Jubilee year!!! That also was too good to be true. But it was true nonetheless.

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But in good time, our suited legislators will figure out that the socially responsible thing is for our Uncle Sam to just buy all the mortgages up and give the houses to the occupants.

If markets continue to deteriorate, Fannie and Freddie may need to raise capital by selling shares to investors overseas and at home. There are signs that the Bush administration would welcome such a move as a way to give Fannie and Freddie more ability to support the mortgage market by buying or guaranteeing more home loans.

From http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1205....html?mod=mktw

Aurrrrgggghhhhhhh

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That doesn't mean it was the majority of homeowners. I don't know personally of anyone that did that. Just because it happened, also, is not a valid reason for the FedReserve to damage the market severly.

They knew how bad the money flow was after Sept. 11. I went to one of the largest movie theaters on a normally busy Saturday night less than two weeks after the attack and next to nobody was there (30 screen theater).

Houses never went down unless the jobs tanked.

Like sending them overseas ....

The economy has basically been ignored for 7 years. Now a good portion of the country is banking on a guy who got 1 bill passed in the Senate.

For the Republic of the Congo Diplomacy Act.

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Refinancing the house, in a market where houses increased in value for 30 years was a reasonably smart decision.

Many people refinanced their houses to suck the equity out of it to buy boats, SUV’s, Harleys, 60 inch wide screens, latest electronic gizmo, bigger house, country club memberships, etc. They were living on the edge and they continue to live on the edge.

[Issachar]

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I submit there are better ways within our form of gov't and a good portion of that would be dissolving them.

True, but scripturally it won't happen.

Proverbs 22:
7 *¶The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.

The "central bank" is actually a cabal of very private banks and bankers. The US is hugely indebted to these individuals. That makes the US the servant to the lending central bank. It will do what they want, not the other way around.

Issachar

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The presence of a central bank is antithetical to a free enterprise / free market system.

I think so too. Every one of their artificial manipulations brings trouble when they try to "reign" things in. I submit there are better ways within our form of gov't and a good portion of that would be dissolving them.

[Issachar]

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They wanted to get the economy "going" again after 9/11.

Yes, and they should not have. The US is supposed to be a free market system. The central bank should let the markets work things out. But they won't. They haven't since the Federal Reserve Act was passed and signed in 1913. THAT was the beginning of the US getting where it is today. In fact, there is a contradiction in me saying, "The central bank should let the markets work things out." The presence of a central bank is antithetical to a free enterprise / free market system.

Issachar

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WE don't control interest rates. THEY do. THEY lowered the rates knowing full-well what the average citizen would do. Then began tightening the noose. Oops, it broke. Now they all have "worried" looks on their faces.

They pulled the rug out. The Fed made the interest-rate disaster that was blamed on Carter. Killed the economy then, too. Oh, and BTW, the Arabs decided it was time to punish America for helping Israel so they jacked the gas up and pretended there was a "shortage".

The fact is, the gov't WANTS you to spend money. That's how they tax. When they shoot the ox treading out grain, they eventually shoot themselves in the process.

Refinancing the house, in a market where houses increased in value for 30 years was a reasonably smart decision. Until the lunatics at the Fed decided they a) weren't getting enough or b) intended to destroy it.

The net effect is the same.

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I'm sitting here watching (and painfully experiencing) how these boneheads and not just the FedReserve (sorry, no other term appropriate) are wrecking the country from several angles. There is a potentially serious threat of social disorder associated with a crashing economy that none of us will enjoy. To say the very least....

[SAT]

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I suspect you are right but I still think the real problem was us. Our humaness has bought their lines for many many years.
No one forced us to live beyond our means. Even now, for example, stockbrokers etc still believe we are the mighty west nothing bad can happen to us. One could even make a case that blaming others si also another sign. A sign we somehow came to believe we could live in greed and not eventually pay for it.
Allowing ourselves to blame others, is wrong.IMHO

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It was a mathematical certainty. The "surprise" by the Fed is an absolute outright lie. Two straight years of interest-rate hikes for a total of 4.25% (yes from record lows) did this. They wanted to get the economy "going" again after 9/11. They did that, to a marginal degree. Then shot the whole thing down. When it was not dead yet, then the insane oil prices of late 2005. This is how the disaster was built. Just wait, you ain't seen nothin' yet.

[SAT]

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Not so long ago people bought modest homes and worked/paid their way up, if God allowed. If He didn't, no problem we were grateful for what we did have. At least from what I've seen, greed has sooo infilterated our culture we have come to believe we have to have the top, then struggle to hang on.
It seems the fine balance of being in the world but not part of it has been lost. We have placed so much value and fear into hanging on. We've allowed the world to convince us our value is in what we have here.

[Issachar]

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I find it crazy that most folks work most of their adult life to have a roof over their head. 150 years ago people would get together and build a house in the community and then another and then another ..... Not saying that would work in today's society, but I just find it interesting considering the number of hours worked just to have a dwelling to live in.

Issachar

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The company my husband works for is having another round of layoffs today.

The company I work for is going through the same thing.

It's easy to condemn this as free money and as greed. I am sure it is. But there are quite a few responsible people being impacted by this as well. Without a job, its just as hard paying off a $100k mortgage as a $200k one.

And frankly...the banks can afford it... I almost felt ill signing my mortgage and seeing how much interest they are going to make off of me if I stick to my 30 year note...which, hopefully, I am not.

[Issachar]

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... I have seen the "tough luck, I'm fine" attitude and it's disgusting.

Call it "the love of many shall wax cold"....

Yes. And it is quite sad to see.

Issachar

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It's basically an indifference to the woes and trials of others. Life is not always easy and uncomplicated. Granted there are ways to make one's life more complicated but I've lived long enough to see quite the wide spectrum of life events. I've been rather amazed at some of the stuff I've seen, which I will not go into great lengths about but I have seen the "tough luck, I'm fine" attitude and it's disgusting.

Call it "the love of many shall wax cold"....