Here We Go Again – Obama & Democrats Push For Increase In The Worst Of Risky Mortgages

I can hardly believe it when I read it.

As we all know the were two things that created our current economic turmoil, reckless government spending that we couldn’t afford and reckless lending in the mortgage market.  The bad mortgages were then packaged and sold as investment securities destroying 401′s and bank accounts all over the world.

Every day you’ll hear about the need for more regulation – That simply isn’t so – what we need is less Government spending and an end to reckless mortgage lending.

Get ready for the next round of “sub-prime mortgages”, Obama and the Democarts want to “double down” and increase the number of “high risk” mortgages funded through Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were the first of the bailout babies – you and I and all of the other taxpayers in this Country have been gouged for about 7 Trillion dollars to buy up the earlier batch of “bad mortagges” these entities created.

So what is Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac up to now?

Obama Seeks To Refinance More Underwater Mortgages    

July 1, 2009 1:04 PM EDT

According to various reports, the Obama administration is stepping up their efforts to stem foreclosures and will start refinancing mortgages with a loan-to-value of as much as 125% through Fannie Mae (NYSE: FNM) and Freddie Mac (NYSE: FRE). The previous loan-to-value was 105%.

President Obama’s Making Home Affordable program sought to help up to 5 million mortgage holders refinance, but to date only 80,000 have been refinanced. (Sadly, of the 80,000, close to 50,000 have already  re-defaulted – what a failure). http://www.streetinsider.com/Economic+Data/Obama+Seeks+To+Refinance+More+Underwater+Mortgages/4767278.html

Consider this example – straight from the White House press release:

REFINANCING EXAMPLE
If your loan is held by Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac and you are current on your mortgage payments, you may be eligible to refinance your mortgage loan even if your LTV is up to 125%. LTV, or loan-to-value-ratio, is a measurement that compares the principal balance of your loan (the amount you currently owe) to the actual value of the house. For example, if your loan amount is $300,000 and the current value of your home is $240,000, your LTV is 300/240, or 125%. http://www.streetinsider.com/Economic+Data/FHFA+Releases+Details+Of+Plan+To+Allow+Refinances+Up+to+125%25+LTV/4767700.html

So, now the Government plans on leneding up to $300,000 on homes worth only $240,000. (Plesae note that the average price of a U.S. home this month is $178,000).

 

Where does this money come from – Your Tax Dollars.

 

For those of you who are asking, “So what does this mean?”, the answer is this. The Government will now fund mortgages to those who are underwater or indefault, with taxpayer funds, and allow the individuals to obtain loans that are, as the example above states, worth substantially more than the homes being mortgaged are worth.

 

The riskiest of all of the sub-prime mortgages were those made with no down payment and where the loan to value was above 80%. The very worst were the 125% LTV loans.  

 

Are you asking, and what happens when the person re-defaults in 6 months and walks away with the $60,000 above the home’s value? Answer – THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER IS ON THE HOOK FOR THE MORTGAGE.

 

This is a receipt for deepening the current crisis – not resolving it. 

 

The answer isn’t additional “regulation”. The Government is “regulating” that this be done.

 

The answer is in electing Politicians with an ounce of common sense.