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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:13 PM Original message |
Bush mortgage plan includes rate freeze |
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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Where's my five-year rent freeze? |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. No shit |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Right in there in that rate freeze |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. It's going to happen that way anyway... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Yes it will |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:37 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. What I'm bitching about is that everybody sat by and let this happen.. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. If it weren't for the harm to the banks |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
58. I just feel like at this point, it's the equivalent of nothing... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:44 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. Right you are |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
71. The problem there is that to sell, if they can, they will have to pay |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. That assumes those that own rental properties are on the up and up... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If the rental market isn't flooded |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:55 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. This is a five-year band-aid |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. They obviously ARE |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 05:10 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. They obviously are ? what? |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #43 |
52. Why not just set their interest rate |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. The buyers/current homeowner would be hurt!!! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:42 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. That doesn't even make any sense |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 02:13 PM Response to Reply #54 |
74. You need to do the math |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #24 |
77. People are not going to be able to stay in their homes |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:20 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Where's my mortgage rebate? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:56 PM Response to Reply #7 |
28. I passed up many opportunities to trade my fixed rate in for a low "teaser" rate |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 05:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
45. Schmuck. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:15 AM Response to Reply #45 |
61. The Bush administration has been cheerleading the American consumer.. |
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MaineDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:43 AM Response to Reply #61 |
64. You've hit it on the head! Remember the whole "Ownership Society"! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:52 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Many don't... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 04:24 PM Response to Reply #64 |
75. That is what many people here are forgetting |
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thecrow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 05:53 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. I was too... |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:32 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. where's mine? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
2. Stupidest plan... EVER! |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. Well, at least they're consistent.... |
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seriousstan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
10. What would your plan be? |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. In my plan somebody goes to jail... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Borrowers get 30 year fixed rates |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:15 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. I have nothing against the borrowers... It's the criminals who schemed up these rate plans |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:19 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Not all of the borrowers are blameless, Prag |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. Now! There's a plan I can buy into... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. It's not that simple |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Unfortunately, the ultimate result of this delay band-aid plan combined with the low dollar will be |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 05:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. No, they'll get a fixed rate |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #42 |
76. Thank you... this is the big picture that so many here are refusing to see |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 09:17 AM Response to Reply #33 |
67. "Someone who invested in packages of risky loans deserves to take a bath" |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:41 PM Response to Reply #32 |
38. I agree |
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dbackjon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. Isn't that anti-capitalistic? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:21 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. new loan? |
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Betty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. the government cleaning up after the private sector???? |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. mmm nice, and what do the loans reset to after the freeze? |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. just wait ... |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:38 PM Response to Original message |
16. If the suckered get a freeze, I want a rate decrease. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:45 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. You got that right... |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
17. I wonder where Congress or the Executive branch could find authority to do that |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Good call! |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
23. I'm sorry but this is bullshit.... |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 03:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Just about everybody here in the D.C. area "overbought".. |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
34. that is like it is all over the country in too many places! |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:27 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. no, see - that's the problem |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I make about twice as much as I did when I bought my house in 1994 |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
48. you are not in the market to buy the house today |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:29 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. So I could have refinanced with a "gimmick" loan 2-3 years ago to lower my payments |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:45 PM Response to Reply #48 |
55. Or |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
72. In Sterling VA area I remember seeing entry level |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. What's he gonna do in March when the whole bottom falls out of this mess? |
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Outlier (98 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #31 |
41. So much for those free market principles. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:13 AM Response to Reply #41 |
60. The "conservatives" are twisting themselves into pretzels.. |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:09 AM Response to Reply #31 |
57. The same thing the Federal Reserve is doing, PUNT!...n/t |
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Zambero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 04:44 PM Response to Original message |
40. 'Freeze' at today's Foreclosure-Plus rates? Gee Thanks! |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 05:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. I think at their own ARM loan rates |
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ozone_man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. How about my Nasdaq stocks that went down? |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:17 AM Response to Reply #50 |
62. No shit, |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
51. Smell test: What are the money boys getting out of this deal or are |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-05-07 08:47 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. They're avoiding bankruptcy |
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Virginia Dare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:12 AM Response to Reply #56 |
59. Not yet... |
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Massachusetts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:52 PM Response to Reply #56 |
73. "Its the kind of thing FDR would have done" |
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FreeStateDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 06:16 PM Response to Reply #56 |
79. "As the cost of the bailout goes up, there's little doubt that state and federal governments will |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
66. Most don't qualify |
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inMD (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
68. Banks!!!! |
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klyon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:11 PM Response to Original message |
69. These companies that issued these "predatory loans" should be |
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gasperc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
70. Damn, should've went with that 3% ARM |
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leaninglib (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-06-07 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
78. And once again, the responsible pay for the mistakes of the irresponsible. |
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