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Federal agency asks to add big fee to mortgages

By Patrick   Follow   Sat, 1 Dec 2012, 10:26am   302 views   3 comments
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http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Plan-loads-home-loans-4082483.php

Page 1 of 1 ALBANY — Foreclosures in New York typically take longer than in most states due to the protections and backstops that the courts and Legislature have put in place to try to keep people in their homes. That's the good news.

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1. bmwman91 Follow Befriend (7) 37 threads 1,539 comments Mountain View, CA bmwman91's website Premium

   1   1:35pm Sat 1 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   Protected   Lol, the NAr and consumer groups are balking at the possibility of a $2000 cost increase on a $200k house...spread over 30 years. That is $5.56 per month. Seems like a small price to pay to get a government no-skin-in-the-game loan.

2. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 249 threads 4,739 comments

   2   7:41am Sun 2 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   bmwman91 says That is $5.56 per month. Seems like a small price to pay to get a government no-skin-in-the-game loan. That $5.56 quickly adds up when the Government comes up with a new fee or a new way to increase existing fees every three months. In the two years since I've bought, there's already over $300 a month in such fees. New home owners are the new, pass the tax down to them whipping post. Another reason I'm glad I bought when I did. I'm only paying $72 a month. The difference in these fees on my mortgage when I bought, and the fees that are 4X the amount. Is the difference in me never being able to refinance at a a lower rate. Even at 2% I'd probably end paying a few hundred more a month, by the time interest gets down to 2%. By that time these fees might be $500 collectively, as a new fee is devised every 3 months.

3. scott777 Follow Befriend 23 comments Laguna Beach, CA

   3   8:07am Sun 2 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   The problem is that people who have little or no equity are basically renters and should be treated as such. If you have less then 25% skin in the game you should be required to maintain the property and not make alterations without permission. And you should be out in lessthan 90 days just like a renter if you cant pay. In a business partnership 51% ownership calls the shots. With housing the real owner has no say. But maybe if the real owners (banks) did have a say the whole illusion of homeownership would be gone and more people would rent. If the risk to the banks and/ or govt was less mortgage insurance could be less. Too many people are coming in with 3.5% and depreciate the home and bail and or stop paying and squat. We all have to pay for this.