Lenders on Foreclosures: Let’s Get This Over With

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Friday, January 02, 2009 at 2:27 pm

Instead of a national foreclosure moratorium – an idea that has the support of President-elect Barack Obama – homeowners in trouble should just accept foreclosures and move on, lending industry insiders say. Their comments come from Housing Wire, which cited an industry survey quoting lenders as saying a national moratorium would have dire consequence for the housing market.

From Housing Wire:

“The banks don’t know how badly they’ve messed up and so they are like deer frozen in the headlights,” said one respondent. “The people who can’t pay for their houses need to be able to move on, not hang around longer. Do the short sales, do the foreclosures and get this mess over with.”

It should get interesting if the Obama administration pushes early on for the moratorium. Lenders have a powerful, well-funded lobby, and they’re not likely to just sit by and let it happen. Also, the “let’s get this over with” attitude probably has something to do with the slow progress of loan modifications.

It’s also something easy to say when it’s not your home at risk.

Comments

9 Comments

JCS
Comment posted January 2, 2009 @ 1:01 pm

Wish the real questions would be answered instead of sensational headlines and comments. For example, who absorbs the loss in a foreclosure? if there is a moratorium?

Thanks.


derekeddy
Comment posted January 4, 2009 @ 12:26 am

Yeah right!! I didn't see anyone saying to all those money managers, banks, AIG, and auto makers to just “go with the foreclosure and get over it.” And I know why. Its because its so easy to crap on the little guys when Bush and Paulson have nothing to gain by saving us. What a great country. Give the rich all the money in the treasury and kick the working people out on the street with all their kids while the rich steal all our tax dollars. nice article Mary Kane.


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Comment posted January 20, 2009 @ 8:01 pm

yeah right! I agree on this,on this case it may higher the chances of getting paid than pissed off.


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Comment posted February 17, 2009 @ 2:05 am

Type your comment here.I hope things get better by 2012. This is really bad bad time for US.


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Comment posted February 17, 2009 @ 2:07 am

I hope things get better by 2012. This is really bad bad time for US.


m.j.
Comment posted February 26, 2009 @ 6:21 pm

I hope someday this happens to some of these bank people and then they will know what it is like
to be in my shoes. I did not set out for this to happen I lost a joband therefore my salary was lost
I tried so many times for help from the indymacbank and the people who work there were so rude
said just pay for your mortgage or will take the house I think if they were a little humble towards others
they could try to understand all of us people across this nation. and by the way this all started with the
banks and their greed .


m.j.
Comment posted February 27, 2009 @ 2:21 am

I hope someday this happens to some of these bank people and then they will know what it is like
to be in my shoes. I did not set out for this to happen I lost a joband therefore my salary was lost
I tried so many times for help from the indymacbank and the people who work there were so rude
said just pay for your mortgage or will take the house I think if they were a little humble towards others
they could try to understand all of us people across this nation. and by the way this all started with the
banks and their greed .


bedfordreb
Comment posted September 26, 2009 @ 6:20 pm

O.K. It is what it is….The lenders again have cut their own throat! We tried for over a year to get Wells Fargo to work WITH us on our loan. Anybody who thinks we WANTED to be in this situation, or that we did not WANT to pay our mortgage and keep our home is nuts! Because of my age (61 at the time) it was almost impossible to get employment after my job was outsourced. Don't be fooled that there is not age discrimination, there is. Although it is illegal certainly does not make it go away! (ie: illegal drugs, etc.) Then when I did get the only job I could find (5 months later) it was for $9.50 an hour. Complaining? No. But some consideration from the lender until I could “catch up” would have prevented what happened. They would not, we lost it (the home) and it is what it is!
Now!!! I have the best job I have had in 7 years with “reasonable” income. What needs to be done now is to somehow convince lenders that there are a lot of families who can stay within the parameters of a home loan after recovering from a setback. The lenders are going to have to reconsider the options of having so many houses they can't possibly sell them, or lending to families that have recovered, and continuing to make money on their loans. Empty houses do not create an income for them!!!


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