It’s hard when a home becomes a house: left with walls, stripped of memories. It’s disheartening when a family becomes a number: left with foreclosure, stripped of dignity. In 2007, over-extended borrowers began to default on their sub-prime mortgages; mortgages that increased as more and more families chased the American dream during the housing boom. The interest rates were “teasingly” low, but more detrimentally, they were variable. When mortgage rates were readjusted, homeowners found that they could no longer pay the upped monthly payments. Such sucked them in to the dizzying downward spin of heightened debt and negative equity. Such sucked them into the foreclosure crisis.
Yet on the other side of the spectrum are the bankers, those who must then face the ramifications of the underwater loans. What do they do about the payments that now come in both late and sporadically, at best? Should the loans be extended to these unreliable borrowers? What of their obligations to the investors and depositors who have trusted them with their life-savings? When all’s said and done, they too, are left paying for sub-prime mortgages. They, too, are hurt by the foreclosure crisis.
Such countering predicaments were outlined above to show the many layers, the many complexities of which we must take into account. Yet in retrospect, it is important to note that both, understandably, lack very much the concept of “trust”. With so much at stake, any solution met must rectify this for both parties.
My first solution to the foreclosure crisis is a modest spin on the standard participation mortgage. The first step taken is crucial to the solution: the bank must refinance the loan. Simplistic, no? Such is already something we’ve considered, w...
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... they need to get back on their feet.
It’s important to note that the solutions made above should be on a person-to-person basis and do not apply to everyone. Yet, if possible, it is to the best interest of all parties to see that these solutions are implemented. For in every city, in every neighborhood, and on every street, there is someone facing foreclosure. If not for the empathy of another’s pain, then look at it in terms of how it’s hurting you. If you’re a neighbor, you’re left with an unsafe, empty neighborhood and a house that’s worth considerably less because of it. If you’re a bank, you’re left owning a house with unpaid mortgages and annual property taxes. If you’re an investor, you see your shares decreasing in value which takes money out of your own pocket. The foreclosure crisis affects everyone, and it’s about time that we realize that.
“Trust takes years to build, seconds to break, and forever to repair. - Anonymous”. If you have ever felt isolated from society, or feel that you are constantly begging for the mercy of your own subconscious, then you know the pain accompanied by expending trust. It is imperative for humanity to cultivate trust; if we lose it, we will simply degenerate into insanity. For instance, in the texts “On the Sidewalk Bleeding”, “The Tell-Tale Heart” as well as “The Landlady”, characters were tasked with uncovering the role that trust plays in conquering challenges. In doing so, they also suffered through fluctuating degrees of tailored hardships.
Loyalty between two things can help them gain a trust. However if one decides to abuse that trust, then the loyalty between the two things is broken.
...eting will be a win-win for each party as well as a solution may not be achieved at all. But having the power to walk away and not have the feeling of failure will empower me as I go down this path.
This revised approach fosters trust, avoids prejudging the outcome, and prioritizes
As of December 29, 2009, the website Foreclosure.com reported that over 2.2 million homes in the continental USA are in some form of foreclosure, 486,323 are in pre-foreclosure and 465,490 have already been foreclosed. Over seven hundred thousand have tax liens against them and 87, 389 have been sold in Sheriff sales. Along with the homeowners, mortgage companies and banks have suffered tremendous financial loss. However, the homeowners lost so much more; they not only lost the roof over their heads, but memories, their self-esteem and their piece of the American dream.
In the early 2000’s the housing market boomed, real estate was a hot investment and everyone was looking to buy a home. However not everyone can afford a home and a majority of people were forced to take out a mortgage to purchase real estate. During the housing boom banks were supplying subprime loans and upping the risk in the real estate market. These loans were not only risky but irresponsible on the part of the banks’ lending them, and although individuals receiving the loans thought they were being helped at the time, these loans were a major reason why so many people their homes, almost crippling toe U.S economy as a whole.
trusted, and most importantly, will stop at nothing to solve all the conflicts that are currently
Affordable housing in the United States describes sheltering units with well-adjusted housing costs for those living on an average, median income. The phrase usually implies to applied rental or purchaser housing within the financial means of lower-income ranges specific to the demographics of any given area. However, affordable housing does not include those living in social housing owned by government and non-profit organizations. More specifically, the targeted range for housing affordability sets below 30 percent of a household's annual income, including all applicable taxes, utility costs and home owners insurance rates. If the mean income per household breaches the 30 percent mark, then the agreed status becomes labeled as "unaffordable" by most recognizable financial institutions.
To start my answer related to trust, I would like to start with few quotes that shows the power of trust like, “without trust we don’t truly collaborate, we merely coordinate or at bets cooperate. It is trust that transforms a group of people into a team “- Stephen M.R Covey
“One out of every two hundred homes will be foreclosed every month, making 205,000 new families enter into foreclosure,” Mortgage Bankers Association. The housing industry in the United States is undergoing an unfortunate crisis. There are way too many homes being foreclosed, which cause a ripple of problems.
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