Worst may not be over yet for lending industry as job losses on way to breaking mark set in 2001.
If the banking industry, with its load of worries caused by the subprime meltdown, has another month like it did in August, it will be in record territory for job losses.
Last month, banks with ties to the subprime mortgage industry laid off more than 26,000 employees, the most of any month since global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas began keeping such records in 1993.
Overall, that brought the total layoff damage to 107,758 in the financial industry this year. Another month that even remotely resembles recent trends will send the layoff total soaring past the 116,515 mark set during the recession of 2001.
Read more . . . money.cnn.com/2007/09/19/...fs/index.htm
My office is feeling the impact as more and more of our lenders go belly up. Sometimes they notify you, sometimes they are just gone. Anyone else having problems?
If the banking industry, with its load of worries caused by the subprime meltdown, has another month like it did in August, it will be in record territory for job losses.
Last month, banks with ties to the subprime mortgage industry laid off more than 26,000 employees, the most of any month since global outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas began keeping such records in 1993.
Overall, that brought the total layoff damage to 107,758 in the financial industry this year. Another month that even remotely resembles recent trends will send the layoff total soaring past the 116,515 mark set during the recession of 2001.
Read more . . . money.cnn.com/2007/09/19/...fs/index.htm
My office is feeling the impact as more and more of our lenders go belly up. Sometimes they notify you, sometimes they are just gone. Anyone else having problems?
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Wed, September 19, 2007 - 4:03 PMoh yes. my last closing.....the lender went bankrupt the day before our mortgage contingency was due. we had to scramble and ended up getting a portfolio loan through a bank in Missouri. then of course we couldn't get the 80/20 anymore - so we had to go with an LPMI.
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Fri, September 21, 2007 - 9:47 PMUnfortunately, unscrupulous loan brokers and reps from the lenders created this situation. Stated income did not mean made up income. As an attorney, I have worked on numerous cases in which the loan brokers lied abour the income, about pre-payment penalties and about the adjustable rates.
You have heard of ethnic clensing? The real estate and mortgage businesses are going through ETHICS cleansing. Thank God we will be rid of the crooks. -
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Sat, September 22, 2007 - 7:33 AMan attorney bemoaning ethics of those in another profession. now i have seen it all. amazing
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Sun, September 23, 2007 - 8:51 AMwhat happened to the underwriters that approved the loans? what happened to the bankers that created and funded such loans?...brokers did not approve any loan nor created or fund any loan program....oh! yeah the borrowers/buyers that bought/refinanced cash out beyond what they could afford/means, did they not realize the payments would adjust and home prices might drop?.......
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consumer.cambweb.org/main/pa...actSheet
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Wed, September 26, 2007 - 11:53 AMKen: The real estate and mortgage businesses are going through ETHICS cleansing.
I like that!
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Wed, September 26, 2007 - 10:31 PM
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Fri, September 28, 2007 - 10:57 PMwww.youtube.com/v/X4g7E7vfsOQ&rel=1 Alan Greenspan on: His Role in creating the Housing Bubble