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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:25 PM Original message |
2 million homeowners w/ $600 billion in subprime loans due to reset at higher rates in next 8 months |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Scary! I can't remember a scenario like this in my life time. |
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Amerigo Vespucci (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I have a good friend who is a realtor who went back to his previous line of work. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. funny how quickly things flipped from a sellers market to a buyers market. |
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Flabbergasted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I think alot of these banks will allow loans to be renegotiated. It's in their interest. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
3. Another failure by the * administration to stave off this |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wonder if we'll have homelessness while homes sit empty. ??? |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. we will. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. We have homes sitting empty in LA where neighbors have to take care of the lawn and pool. |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:43 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. Yes..... |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. We had a unusually large amount of people at our Saturday afternoon feeding last week. |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:33 PM Response to Original message |
8. So he was paying 5,000 a month before the increase he avoided |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The McMansion with pool, bonus room and chef's kitchen became a requirement... no one wanted the 3+2 |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:24 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. exactly. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. U did well. I apply the same philosophy to cars. Many people buy more car than they need.... |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. we live below our means. |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. We are the opposite...eat out twice a week and 2 cruises every year |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 10:13 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. we lived above our means |
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dugggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #32 |
35. That's not what I meant |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 02:14 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. i totally agree with you. |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
15. that was what I wondered, too |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 11:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Hard to muster sympathy for some of these homeowners |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
9. A couple more hundreds of billions .... |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. We should all study the times of the Great depression |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Actually the far right enabling Democrats have PLENTY of blame |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 09:14 PM Response to Reply #25 |
38. I agree with that but we have to go back to Reagan who |
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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. I dont get it. |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:05 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Yes they did .... |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Truthfully... |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:11 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. the industry is poorly regulated |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. i've heard that some |
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spooky3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 08:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. yes, I have too - technically a buyer could know that in advance |
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rufus dog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. Unfortunately people get whirled into the pack mentality |
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DesertFlower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. as i posted earlier |
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cuke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
29. I blame Hillary |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:33 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. LOL! |
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1corona4u (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 09:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. The main problem is, people, in their haste to buy.. |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 11:21 PM Response to Original message |
33. 14 million subprime loans were written, and I've heard 1/2 are going into default |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
36. I am sorry but subprime loans are a scam and all these fucking banks deserve |
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