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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-30-07 09:23 AM
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26. what's so super corrupt about the mortgage industry?
Please explain that to me.
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  -Mortgage crisis hits million-dollar homes Roland99  Mar-29-07 05:36 PM   #0 
  - You mean people might have to go back to using parks or community centers  LisaM   Mar-29-07 05:37 PM   #1 
  - You mean...*gasp*...they might have to mingle with the "little people?"  KansDem   Mar-29-07 05:43 PM   #3 
  - oh, those horrible community service charges for those gated communities!  Donnachaidh   Mar-29-07 05:43 PM   #4 
  - so many people made so many foolish decisions, just because you can doesn't mean you should.  chimpsrsmarter   Mar-29-07 05:40 PM   #2 
  - Same here  Tansy_Gold   Mar-29-07 08:18 PM   #13 
  - The sheriff interviewed in the article says there's enough blame to go around but  1932   Mar-29-07 10:42 PM   #14 
     - Sorry, but the majority of the blame for this is with the borrowers  MadHound   Mar-30-07 05:47 AM   #17 
        - Sorry, but the sheriff, who is seeing this up close, has a different opinion.  1932   Mar-30-07 11:35 PM   #47 
        - Do you know what credit card companies call people like me--  eridani   Mar-31-07 12:23 AM   #49 
  - gee, but I've heard all these folks saying the economy is perking right along  ixion   Mar-29-07 05:45 PM   #5 
  - I heard on the radio today that the economy is SO good, that it might actually have a negative  PassingFair   Mar-30-07 05:10 PM   #46 
  - I feel so sorry for those poor millionaires....  mike_c   Mar-29-07 05:45 PM   #6 
  - Smart enough to earn 6 figures  DCKit   Mar-29-07 05:46 PM   #7 
  - A million dollar home isn't worth a million dollars any more  slackmaster   Mar-29-07 06:03 PM   #8 
  - In my neighborhood in SoCal $1million MIGHT get you a 1945  kestrel91316   Mar-29-07 06:21 PM   #10 
  - My 'hood in San Diego has a McMausoleum that sold for $1,150,000 in November  slackmaster   Mar-29-07 07:35 PM   #11 
  - my hood in sw CT has an 8 ac. piece of land subdivided into 5 lots for $750K EACH lot  wordpix   Mar-30-07 02:45 PM   #41 
  - With Prices Like Those  Crisco   Mar-30-07 07:55 AM   #18 
  - Suppose so but, still, a $1mil home there will be a very nice home  Roland99   Mar-29-07 07:39 PM   #12 
     - Right. 1M in Bergen County buys a lot more than in overheated CA markets.  Gormy Cuss   Mar-30-07 10:41 AM   #36 
        - And that equity is what's been fueling the GDP. Take out MEW and we're at 0% or *below*!  Roland99   Mar-30-07 12:16 PM   #37 
  - depends where one lives  madrchsod   Mar-29-07 06:18 PM   #9 
  - About 40 percent of homes bought last year were second homes or investment properties. -"f*ck em  fed-up   Mar-29-07 11:05 PM   #15 
  - The bright side is some bargains can be had now and coming up in the near future.  Roland99   Mar-30-07 05:06 AM   #16 
  - how do they come up with this 40% figure?  kwassa   Mar-30-07 09:21 AM   #19 
     - It would be extrapolated from lending data  Capn Sunshine   Mar-30-07 09:30 AM   #27 
  - Kick.  Heidi   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #20 
  - Mortgage crisis hits million-dollar homes  Mister K   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #21 
  - People who thought they were wealthy  spinbaby   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #22 
  - "With an ARM, you can buy much more house!"  Warpy   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #23 
  - "Those granite countertops will have to be recycled for headstones."  Viva_La_Revolution   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #24 
  - Then why not ask their realtor or loan officer to crunch the numbers?  Hobarticus   Mar-30-07 10:19 AM   #35 
     - What could be an excuse?  Warpy   Mar-30-07 12:57 PM   #38 
        - In other words: life happens  Hobarticus   Mar-30-07 01:48 PM   #39 
           - Understood, but I do have sympathy  Warpy   Mar-30-07 02:49 PM   #42 
           - That's not what we're seeing here.  Capn Sunshine   Mar-30-07 02:59 PM   #44 
  - The SUPER CORRUPT mortgage industry is bad enough,..........  Double T   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #25 
     - what's so super corrupt about the mortgage industry?  Capn Sunshine   Mar-30-07 09:23 AM   #26 
     - Capn Sunshine, you must NOT be paying attention if you can ask that question........  Double T   Mar-30-07 09:32 AM   #28 
        - I'm just curious where you get that take from  Capn Sunshine   Mar-30-07 02:40 PM   #40 
     - Should loan officers and realtors discourage people from buying too much house?  slackmaster   Mar-30-07 09:32 AM   #29 
        - So the answer to the problem is to put THOSE kind of people,.........  Double T   Mar-30-07 09:51 AM   #30 
        - A loan officer cannot say "I don't think you should do this"  slackmaster   Mar-30-07 09:53 AM   #31 
           - If borrowers in financial trouble who don't have to provide 'proof'........  Double T   Mar-30-07 10:04 AM   #32 
              - The lending industry doesn't make money off of foreclosures  slackmaster   Mar-30-07 10:09 AM   #34 
                 - Credit card companies make over half their profit from fees and fines and they call  1932   Mar-30-07 11:48 PM   #48 
        - I said to my mortgage broker that I thought the condos in my new area were too expensive &  wordpix   Mar-30-07 02:50 PM   #43 
  - Not to worry. These folks that lost their homes can file bankruptcy.  Zorra   Mar-30-07 10:06 AM   #33 
  - The Michigan foreclosures are probably due to the economy  shrike   Mar-30-07 04:37 PM   #45 
 

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