Posted on November 30th, 2007 by Jeffrey Posner
So the news on the street today is that the “Hope Now” alliance, headed by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson , is playing with the idea of freezing interest rates on some of the sub-prime loans in the market. In a sense this would preserve the teaser rates for a longer period of time allowing owners to avoid the jump in payments when the big reset arrives.
The congress actually has a plan as well. They are thinking of letting judges of chaper 13 bankruptcies modify the loan agreements. As if the bankruptcy process is not tricky enough. This would further delay foreclosures and allow the government to modify existing contracts! It almost seems unconstitutional…
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Posted on September 11th, 2007 by Jeffrey Posner
What is wrong with this country? Now the government has decided to enable Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to bail out homeowners. Uncle Sam is not responsible for buyers who over extended themselves. The market needs to let this play out and unfortunately people need to get hurt for this correction to work. The proposed government bailouts are nothing more than temporary solutions, while at the same time telling the public its ok to screw up and not read what you sign.
Come on people.. if you are old enough to sign a legal document, then you need to be responsible enough to read what you sign! Ever here of the saying “Buyer beware”?
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Posted on September 9th, 2007 by Jeffrey Posner
Have we not been talking about this for weeks, even months. The data lag is finally catching up with the news in the industry, or is it. Think of it as a ripple effect, first the industry people working the streets start to feel and see whats going on. Most of the time this feeling is kept quiet, being that bad news directly effects their pockets. Then it’s rumored but never confirmed until some report with actual statistics is shown, which is actually from data 3 months ago.
So what does this mean to the investor. It means that you can stay ahead of the trend by playing the market just like the stock brokers do. Don’t buy or sell the news! Figure it out for yourself with local real estate professionals. If this news is 3 months behind, don’t you think they will be at least 3 months behind the news when it starts to go up?
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