Wobei: witzigerweise zeigt der gleiche Chart auch, dass der DAX -gegenüber dem Eurostoxx- in der Baisse 2001-2003 kaum underperformt hat... :)) Nnachfolgende kleine Gegenüberstellung zeigt, dass man den Rettungsplan nicht überbewerten darf. In vielen Fällen lohnt sich die "Rettung" dre gnadenlos überteuerten Immobilie scheinbar gar nicht. Point/Counterpoint: The Subprime Rescue Plan
Point The Subprime Rescue Plan Will Help Save Our Home
 By Richard Jones Thank you Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, thank you! With news of this subprime rescue plan you and the mortgage industry are proposing, we finally are able to see some welcome relief on the horizon. Why, mortgage lenders everywhere are signing up left and right to endorse the plan. Yes, relief is finally here! I don't mind telling you, the little missus and I were worried. In 2002 we took out a $500,000 Option ARM mortgage, an adjustable rate mortgage with the option of making interest only payments for the first five years with a five-year incremental step-up in payments. Everything was looking fine for the first five years. Our initial monthly payment on the Option ARM mortgage was around $1,600. Over the past five years it has slowly crept up to $2100. That extra $500 is beginning to hurt. In August, however, our mortgage lender sent us a note telling us what the 2008 payment is going to be. Prepare to grab the seat of your pants: $4,100!!!! That's right, $4,100!!! Who can afford a payment like that?!?! Even worse, thanks to what they call "negative amortization," whatever that means, they say our original loan balance of $500,000 is now $535,000!!! How did that happen?!?! Obviously we were worried. That kind of mortgage payment would ruin us. We'd have to sell... assuming we could find a buyer. And I don't even know that we could sell for a price that covers the $535,000 mortgage! Well, thanks to this subprime rescue plan we're back in business! Our refinancing papers are already in. We're going to take down a fixed-rate mortgage this time at a payment we can handle. Looks like things really do work out in the end, just like those mortgage ads say. My wife and I can sleep at night again. Thank you Treasury Secretary Paulson!
Counterpoint
Mr. Jones, I'm Afraid There's a Little Problem With Your Refinancing Application
 By Darren Salisbury, Mortgage Loan Officer Is this Robert Jones? I meant Richard, sorry. Richard Jones at 233511 Magnolia Stone Haven Wintergardengreen Court Acres Estates? Ok, good. Wow, uh... Mr. Jones, I, uh, I hate to be the bearer of bad news here, but there seems to be a slight problem, with, ah, with your refinancing application. No, no we got your check for the $500 processing fee, no problem there. That's not refundable, by the way, just want to be clear on that. Right. Yeah, it, uh, just kind of looks like we're not going to be able to approve this refinancing package. It just doesn't fall into any of the groups the subprime rescue plan has outlined. Yes, I'm sure. Whoa, absolutely, I agree $4,100 a month is way, way too high for a house in, ah, where are you? Right, Magnolia Stone Haven Wintergardengreen Court Acres Estates. Hey, did the developer ever finish the community pool and recreation facilities there? Wow, I'm surprised at that. They were the same developers as Crystal Glen Squire Thirstwood Cove Hammock Lake and they finished the community pool and rec center on that development six or eight months before they abandoned it. Well, on the bright side, with the upcoming Fed rate cut and all next week, maybe they'll come back and finish it. Would certainly help the resale value. Yes, I checked on that and unfortunately you're outside the GSE guidelines and, look, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ain't exactly in the best position to be making rescue loans these days. Have you tried taking in some boarders, maybe raising some cash by renting out the east wing? Ok, just a thought. Well, good luck with everything. If it gets down to the wire, give me a ring back. My brother-in-law handles distressed property sales. |