Rick Santelli is sure to blow a fuse today…
While the man (almost) never pipes a word when hoards of money are funelled into GS, he always has to complain when the ordinary citizen gets his “bailout”.
One more, one less bailout…Â What does it change?
Except here, the plan would amount to little more than… a Free Ride for all jobless mortgage owners (inasmuch you ever get a “free ride” when you’re jobless).
In fact the plan purports to allow the affected houseowners to defer, defer or skip payments, effectively creating a premium for delinquent behavior.
While the idea of rewarding “bad” behavior seems appealing, I don’t have all the details to effectively consider the feasibility of the plan or its criteria.
As the US just entered its trillion-dollar deficit, it may very well increase even more its losses with these new plans. At some point the pain will have to be taken. And the State cannot play the role of “cushion” forever, especially when the bubble has been so overvalued.
President Barack Obama is mulling new ways to delay foreclosure for jobless homeowners who are unable to keep up with monthly payments, an administration official said on Monday.The official told Reuters it was reasonable for policymakers to consider options for loan forbearance — allowing borrowers to delay, defer or skip payments — that are more effective than those currently available in the private sector.
The number of failing home loans has been climbing for three years as risky borrowers have defaulted on their easy-to-get loans, property values have sunk and the unemployment rate has climbed.
But the official said the idea, which is still evolving, was difficult from a policy perspective and carries potential hazards. It could help more people struggling with economic difficulty, but it also could create perverse incentives that distort the housing market, said the official, who did not want to speak on the record about internal administration debates.
(…)A housing crisis of record defaults began at the end of a five-year housing boom of easy lending but the current crisis is being driven by climbing unemployment, say many analysts.
“All these numbers keep going up. We are not anywhere near the bottom,” said Jay Brinkmann, chief economist for the Mortgage Bankers Association.
Traditionally, homeowners have been tipped into default after a personal crisis, but the current downturn is worse as many borrowers have no home equity to soften the blow.
“What I don’t know is will every job loss, every divorce, every death going to lead to a foreclosure because there is just not enough equity left in the home to avoid foreclosure?” Brinkmann said.
(…)The report also showed that seriously delinquent mortgages, defined as loans that are 60 or more days past due, increased by nearly 9 percent from the prior quarter to 5 percent of all mortgages in the portfolio.
The Treasury Department asked the largest 25 mortgage service companies last week to appoint a special liaison officer to work directly with government officials trying to stem defaults.
Treasury will host a meeting with leading servicers on July 28 to hear how the companies are expanding their aid programs and making sure that those seeking help are not improperly disqualified. Source: Reuters
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