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The change is not a mass refinancing of everyone in America, but a targeted fix to open up the program to more people who are underwater.
1 posted on 10/24/2011 8:17:56 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

Let’s just make MORE bad loans!!!

It worked so well the first time.


2 posted on 10/24/2011 8:19:58 AM PDT by Mr. K (We need a TEA Party march on GOP headquarters ~!!)
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To: ColdOne

And the Constitutional authority for this is... where?


3 posted on 10/24/2011 8:21:19 AM PDT by Tigerized (Occupy Wall Street? Go find the real culprits in the Capitol Building...)
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INSANE
who will pay for the losses the banks and mortgage companies incur?

Of course the Takers will love it and that buys 0dumbo votes

Maybe i should quit paying my mortgage too


4 posted on 10/24/2011 8:21:36 AM PDT by RWGinger (Simpl)
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President Obama to Announce

Whenever I see a headline such as this, immediately I think I am going to have to switch off my am radio every 30 minutes to avoid yet another voice clip of the Won. This is simply Oct 24 daily CALL TO WORSHIP.
6 posted on 10/24/2011 8:25:24 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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Few thar be who learn in time to keep deys $*!*hooks to demselves!


7 posted on 10/24/2011 8:26:08 AM PDT by gunnyg ("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
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an “executive branch rescue”

more legislating from the offices of Jarret Plouffe Axelrod Inc


9 posted on 10/24/2011 8:27:54 AM PDT by silverleaf (Common sense is not so common - Voltaire)
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This fix is illusory. In all fairness, someone who is current on their mortgage, and has been that way historically, is unable to refinance at the now low rates because the appraisal will show they are underwater (debt more than value of home). While this allows them to refinance at lower rates, it doesn’t address the real problem. As long as these people will stay in the house for many years, their debt will ultimately be less than the value via amortization.

The real problem is those that don’t pay. I know, the big bad banks made them sign those notes and take all that money, but they are dumb and didn’t know what they were doing. In the meantime, they are living rent / mortgage free and the courts, state governments and the feds are protecting them. As a lender, you simply can’t foreclose in any reasonable time frame.

The answer; give the holdover $2,500 (you pick a number) to vacate and have money to put down a deposit on a rental. Sell the now empty house to a qualified buyer at market prices and move on. The lender is taking the hit anyways; the quicker the better. Sure, this isn’t fair to the people who pay; but it is the only way to get the housing industry bottomed out and moving again.


10 posted on 10/24/2011 8:28:41 AM PDT by dan on the right
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Repeating the same failed socialist BS will lead to the same results, it is the definition of insanity but socialism is insanity.


12 posted on 10/24/2011 8:29:26 AM PDT by jgge
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That's the problem with letting people get away with delegating a delegated authority.

Sooner or later, everybody decides they can run the show.

17 posted on 10/24/2011 8:37:00 AM PDT by MamaTexan (One persons ~FREEDOM~ is another persons *anarchy*)
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O and minions are moving toward abolishing private property and allocating existing housing according to need. Think I am being alarmist? Look at the British Labor Party’s proposal to force the elderly into downsizing through taxes if they have more bedrooms than they need. It’s only fair don’t you know. Giving housing to people who can’t afford it won’t work.


21 posted on 10/24/2011 8:46:17 AM PDT by JimSEA (The future ain't what it used to be.)
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I just heard on Neal Boortz a few minutes ago, some blonde idiot say she wanted the freedom to print money.
She has that now. She can get a color printer and print all she wants. Once she gets caught she will get a free education too. However not one she wants. It is called school of hard knocks.

This proposal by our idiot sounds just like that. If he is going to give reduced mortgages to some, he must give them to ALL. . . . . . . .

23 posted on 10/24/2011 8:48:02 AM PDT by DeaconRed (Cold War Veteran. . . . US Army Security Agency 1964-1968)
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—homeowners...who are current on their payments.—

This is interesting. When you sqeeze in one place, it comes out somewhere else. If people think that they will qualify if they stay current, many will do all they can to do so. This means no Christmas presents this year. This means that Christmas sales will be lower than they would have been if people sort of, you know, let the house payment go a month late or so to buy presents.

Not saying any of this is right or wrong, but the money from this is gonna come out of the economy one way or another. And our economy is already on a razor’s edge.


24 posted on 10/24/2011 8:49:59 AM PDT by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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It allows homeowners who have an FHA loan and are current and have a high credit score (and presumably high income) to refinance. Even I would likely qualify if true and I’d be insane not to take advantage of it given the likely impact on the housing market in the future.


30 posted on 10/24/2011 8:54:40 AM PDT by RockyMtnMan
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Under current tax law..forgiveness of debt is taxable as income to the beneficarey of that forgiveness. So, if Obama’s plan goes through..will all these people get 1099’s for tens of thousands of dolalrs. Hey, maybe it’s his plan to lower the deficit..


31 posted on 10/24/2011 8:55:07 AM PDT by ken5050 (Cain/Gingrich 2012!!! because sharing a couch with Pelosi is NOT the same as sharing a bed with her)
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is this part of what he is building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmXIVKy9G8&feature=uploademail


32 posted on 10/24/2011 8:55:45 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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is this part of what he is building
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykmXIVKy9G8&feature=uploademail


33 posted on 10/24/2011 9:11:09 AM PDT by SF_Redux (Sarah stands for accountablility and personal responsiblity, democrats can't live with that)
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36 posted on 10/24/2011 9:23:11 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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Taxpayer, hold on to your wallet. The SEIU should fund this boondoggle, since, they are the ones with jobs.


38 posted on 10/24/2011 9:29:21 AM PDT by depressed in 06 ( Where is the 1984 Apple Super Bowl ad when we need it?)
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When they get around to revampimg SCAMR, let me know. ;-)

Socialist Commies Assigning Mortgages Risks


39 posted on 10/24/2011 9:38:56 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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In a move akin to when Bubba put Hillary in charge of Healthcare, Moochelle could become the head HARPie...


40 posted on 10/24/2011 9:39:41 AM PDT by mikrofon (Redundant?)
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