[quote author="RoLar_USC" date=1253371317][quote author="norcaljeff" date=1253370187]<strong>It's always interesting how short sighted/minded people are these day.</strong> I guess the bulls forgot about the 90 day foreclosure moratorium. That's pretty much up so the fun will begin again shortly.</blockquote>
I'm sorry but please, before you go calling people short sighted/minded, at least research the Act you are referencing. The main aspect of the 90 day foreclosure moratorium that most people overlook is that "A mortgage loan servicer who has implemented a comprehensive loan modification program may file an application for exemption from the provisions of Civil Code Section 2923.52. Approval of this application provides the mortgage loan servicer an exemption from the additional 90-day period before filing the Notice of Sale when foreclosing on real property as designated by this Section." -
http://loanworkout.org/2009/07/californias-foreclosure-moratorium-does-little-to-help-homeowners/
Not only are they exempt, but anyone applying for the exemption is also exempt for 30 days while their application is being reviewed. This was completely pointless in my opinion because most lenders received exemptions, especially the large ones. Which is also why I don't believe that banks are withholding inventory on purpose, because why else would they have applied for the exeptions. The 90 day foreclosure moratorium gave them a perfect excuse to hold inventory.
?In some instances, not only did the firms receive a temporary exemption, many, such as Bank of America, Citimortgage, EMC Mortgage, Kondur Capital and Select Portfolio Servicing, all received their exemptions WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ENACTMENT OF THE LAW..."
All the main servicers have exemptions, check it out:
http://www.corp.ca.gov/FSD/CFP/
"And the bill says it does not require a servicer to violate contracts for ?investor-owned loans.? The most troubled loans are generally those investment banks packaged and sold, and if the servicing contract says foreclosure is preferable to a loan modification, nothing in the law stops foreclosure.
The law also says it does not require a bank to ?provide a modification to a borrower who is not willing or able to pay under the modification.? I am not sure what ?able to pay? means if the target debt-to-income ratio is 38 percent? Maybe if borrowers have to make other hefty payments ? on cars, credit cards etc. ? then they are out of luck."
http://mortgage.freedomblogging.com...-foreclosure-moratorium-starts-sort-of/11945/
This act accomplished nothing more than appeasing a couple struggling homeowners for a shortwhile before they realized they still were going to be foreclosed on.</blockquote>
See... this is what I am talking about... some good hard factual information... I love it. This is really some seriously good stuff, and by far one of the best posts by Robert. I'm really... really glad he stuck around to dish out info like this. He even name dropped Kondaur (correct spelling) capital. Now... drop some capital ratio info on the big banks cited, and you would be the shizzy to my nizzy.
I am being serious... I am not joking... this is some very solid info from Robert, and I really hope he keeps this up. This is what we want and need, someone who understands this on this kind of level, and is willing to share.
Robert, awesome post, keep up the good work, and I sincerely mean that... this was really high caliber stuff.