Saturday, July 21, 2012

This could kill the big banks

...and a good thing, too.

Matt Taibbi reports on a proposed scheme for local authorities to compulsorily purchase negative-equity homes at current market value - realising big losses for the lenders - and then let the homeowners take out smaller, 100% LTV replacement loans.

Could the good guys win?

2 comments:

  1. James Higham21 July 2012 at 16:34

    They can propose it all they like but the banks are on an agenda and nothing's to get in the way of that. The new financial system depends on it.

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  2. Weekend Yachtsman23 July 2012 at 12:30

    The banks have a legal charge on the property which can only be discharged by paying the debt.

    If such things can be set aside on the whim of a local authority official, it's going to be impossible for anyone to get a mortgage in future.

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