Columbus Short Sales: How Banks Were Able To Make Risky Loans With Little To No Risk

Columbus OH – Bear Stearns was a survivor. It survived the Great Depression without laying off any employees. It survived World War II, and 9/11. What killed it off during a time of peace and relative stability?

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The problem was that it had engorged itself on risky mortgages. In my opinion, the banks were playing a risky game. They would make risky loans and then sell them to Wall Street Firms like Bear Stearns.

The Wall Street Firms would pay a premium because of the high interest rate on the loan. They would then resell the risky loans for a profit.

They would sell the loans to the general public (most likely for more than they had paid for them.) They would take a package of loans and "securitize" that bundle. Here is an example of how this would work.

New Century Financial issues a loan to you. New Century then sells that loan to a Wall Street Firm, along with 900 other loans.

The Wall Street Firm then takes that bundle of mortgages and "slices and dices" the ownership of them. They would sell certificates that represented ownership of a percentage of that bundle of loans.

Let's say they had a bundle of 1,000 loans. They might sell 10,000 certificates. Each certificate holder would get some of the monthly payments. But, here is where it got even more crazy.

The Wall Street Firm would sell better quality certificates and lower quality certificates. They laid out guidelines, that if 10% of all the loans in the bundle defaulted, then the lowest quality 10% of certificates wouldn't get paid any money at all.

It used to be that you borrowed money from a local banker you knew and trusted. That bank would expect you to pay on time. If you didn't pay, then that bank lost money.

They didn't transfer all the risk to Wall Street or someone else. If they gave out bad loans, they lost the money personally. With these crazy, engineered loans, the person losing the money could be anywhere in the world.

Maybe in China, Dubai, or Norway. Or, the owner of the loan could be your co-workers' Pension Plan. CALPERS, which stands for California, Public Employees Retirement System, supposedly lost a lot of money on these certificates.

I heard that they invested in these risky certificates. Why? They wanted to earn a better interest rate on their investments. When the housing market crashed the certificates they owned dropped in value.

Lets say that you live in California and your mortgage was "sliced and diced" by Wall Street and CALPERS bought one of those "slices." So they could own some of your mortgage.

Your neighbor might have a CALPERS's Pension, thereby owning a percentage of your mortgage. Sounds crazy, right? Thinking about a short sale?

I can help you short sale your property and get back on your feet. Send me an e-mail at robin.lemmons@kingthompson.com. I will contact you for a free consultation.

When we talk, I will explain how the process works in detail and answer any questions you may have. Or, if you prefer, you can call me at 614-741-2495.

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Thanks for reading this, Robin Lemmons.

Rick & Robin Lemmons is a Real Estate Team at Coldwell Banker King Thompson.

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Because most short sales are beneficial to a lender. If you accept our offer to help you on a short sale, your lender may not agree to a short sale or to modify your loan. We do offer a loan modification kit.

However, the likelihood of negotiating a modification is like everything else in life. It takes work and persistence to convince your lender to modify your loan. No matter what you or we do, your lender may not approve a loan modification.

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