Loan Modifications Not Happening Fast
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July 11, 2009
by chadfish
The White House just came out with an
announcement that they are displeased with the
snail’s pace in which the loan modifications
are rolling out. This news came out at the end
of June and it’s not too surprising given all
the negative press on the economy over the last
few weeks. Obama is getting the picture that
many of his big reform bills are not cutting it
when it comes to fixing what’s broke in the
economy and it’s time to start putting some
teeth into the policies enacted.
Obama’s Foreclosure Prevention Program was
seeded with $75 billion dollars, but so far not
a lot has been done with it as mortgage
companies and loan servicers drag their feet
and do everything they can to avoid giving a
mortgage modification.
It’s not that people aren’t trying to get a
loan modification. Many of these banks and loan
servicers are inundated with calls and
inquiries about how to get a loan modification
done, but there’s not a lot of assistance being
provided to the homeowners. Hopefully as the
economic picture worsens and job losses
invarialy accelerate, Obama and team will get
the picture and start enacting tougher laws to
force some of these banks to come to the
table.
Right now the world is awash in debt and much
of it is bad debt and mispriced. Corporations
need to start converting this bad debt to
equity and until they start doing that the US
and much of the global economy will stagnate
and companies continue to hope that the good
times will come back right away. The good times
will come back, but it will take time and it
won’t happen in the next 6 months. The sooner
we start moving on from the bad loans and the
bad debt the sooner we “start over” and wash
out the liabilities that are hurting everyone
everywhere.
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