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To: Qbert
We fought tooth and nail to get our home refinanced from 6.5% to 4.62% last year. We had to fork over another $20,000+ in cash avoid PMI and to cover the difference of the new value and closing costs. We cut our mortgage payment by over $400.00 per month. We were told we didn't qualify for HARP because we were current on our payments. So those who are over their heads and cannot pay what they agreed to pay and who did not save enough money to put a good down payment in are now being bought out by our tax dollars.

Life's not fair, and if you have lost your job and can't afford your mortgage, then rent. Why should other hard working Americans always bail out those who lose out? Why should someone keep their home when they cannot pay what they promised they would? Why should banks, and ultimately US, have to take it on the chin for someone else's misfortune? Don't we already provide enough help so that people aren't dying of starvation in the streets?

We are far from rich, but we honor our commitments and we worked very, very hard to be where we are today. We will be the ones who are called on to give even more so that everyone will be equally poor and dependent on the government - just like they want us to be.

136 posted on 08/05/2010 12:12:37 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to him.)
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To: boatbums

Yeah, it’s a travesty. And to add insult to injury, if you live in a Red State, the Dems want to increase taxes on only you.

After the leaked stealth amnesty memo last week, and now this, I have no doubt that they will pull some stunt to keep power.


145 posted on 08/05/2010 12:28:17 PM PDT by Qbert
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To: boatbums
We fought tooth and nail to get our home refinanced from 6.5% to 4.62% last year.
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Sounds so familiar. We just went through that and when signing the papers I noted a “deed of trust” wordage instead of the term “mortgage”. I asked the difference and was told “it just makes it easier for the bank to re-posses your house within 90 days”.

In other words, a mortgage has to go through a court of law and can take a year or more so this verbage just helps the bank grab your property if you fall on hard times.

We cancelled the re-finance.

227 posted on 08/05/2010 8:13:22 PM PDT by JouleZ (You are the company you keep.)
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