Homeowners Are Too 'Big' to Fail
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Ordinary people are getting apprehensive about big financial institution writing down their mortgage-backed securities and letting their share prices fall. Even as individuals are loosing their homes by way of foreclosures, Federal Reserve is turning a blind eye towards their suffering and rallying to help banks.
If the banks had considered the risks of offering low priced deals earlier, lesser people would have been in trouble today. Now that the banks have laid down stricter guidelines for loan qualification, people who waited for the right time to refinance their loan are no eligible for refinancing. To make matters worst the property rates have also come down. But still if there is any equity left for refinancing, homeowners are told to pay a very high prepayment penalty for refinancing.
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