One Home Sale Closed in Los Gatos Real Estate market
Monday, January 11, 2010
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Monday, January 11, 2010
You can do a detailed search for homes available for sale in the the Los Gatos Real Estate market here.
Monday, January 11, 2010
The Obama administration’s $75 billion program to protect homeowners from foreclosure has been widely pronounced a disappointment, and some economists and real estate experts, myself included, now contend it has done more harm than good.
If you have been reading my Los Gatos Real Estate musings you already know that since the program was announced in February, it has lowered mortgage payments on a trial basis for hundreds of thousands of people, but has largely failed to provide lasting relief. Critics increasingly argue that the program, Making Home Affordable, has raised false hopes among people who simply cannot afford their homes.
As a result, desperate homeowners have sent payments to banks in often-futile efforts to keep their homes, which some see as wasting dollars they could have saved in preparation for moving to cheaper rental residences. Some borrowers have seen their credit tarnished while falsely assuming that loan modifications involved no negative reports to credit agencies.
This fact that credit scores are affected by modifications boils my brain! The program was meant to help! In fact, it is hurting too many people. How are you going Read the rest of this entry »