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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:28 PM Original message |
"Option" mortgages to explode, officials warn |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:32 PM Response to Original message |
1. I read about a year ago these would start hitting in early 2010 |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Yes, they really start in 2010 and then run out through 2012 |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
3. If you see an "interest only" mortgage option.....RUN, don't walk away |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Option mortages make interest only look like a saint. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
17. As Skinner and other DU stalwarts pointed out to me |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Yup that is the key point... "as long as home prices rise". |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. There is nothing evil about the product or an option loan if used properly |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 10:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. K&R |
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Arctic Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
6. The article states that these were for less then great creditors. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yah - it's been known for some time that the "subprime crisis"... |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:14 PM Response to Original message |
7. Yep - this has been happening periodically for the last few years... |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. How are these kinds of loans even legal? |
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RB TexLa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-17-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
10. Every statement they get has the fully amortized payment, the borrower |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 01:44 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Its a con artists dream |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Why 'buy' something and pay interest only? Renting is a better deal. |
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Electric Monk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 03:46 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. If you think it'll continue going up in value faster than the extra interest will accrue. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Oh... the 'flipper' mentality from pre-2006. |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. No not just flippers... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 04:21 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Lack of basic financial knowledge |
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dionysus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:17 AM Response to Original message |
18. when i was refinancing, i asked the bank person, why the hell would anyone get an ARM. they said |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-18-09 08:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well there are other uses.... |
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Mind_your_head (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-19-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yep, LOTS of people got duped.....and the bankers had to KNOW that |
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