Louve00
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I know exactly what you're talking about BDD. Albeit, probably not as much as you know, but I know the banks are fabricating deeds because they don't have them, and need them to foreclose. In that Living Lies site I posted to you on the other mortgage thread you posted, I learned about it there. It's legal mumbo-jumbo...and intimidating as hell to me, but I try to grasp it because I could be going through this. Me and my husband refinanced our home when he became sick. When we did, it was right in the middle, right in the height of that housing bubble. The loan came with an ARM and I told them then that I couldn't afford to go much higher than the mortgage they were initially giving me. They assured me there would be no problem refinancing in 18 months and get a fixed rate at that time (and they even said, a fixed rate and more money!!!!!!, they made it sound so unbelievably good!!) Well, the bubble burst, refinancing again was definitely not an option and my interest rate climbs. And I work more. And now, my husbands on disability, so his income is fixed. By rights, I shouldn't have gotten near what they gave me, because considering my husbands situation, me, on just my income, couldn't afford it. But I got it and they would have given me more...and my mortgage would be underwater now. I pay my mortgage to a company that is a loan servicer. When I ask who I am actually paying my mortgage to...who holds the deed, they tell me it is information they do not have. I know they're all crooked. I know they took advantage of people who were lead to believe not only could they afford the refinance, but they could do it again and fix in at a cheaper rate later. I know they were practically begging you to take out ALL the equity you could on your home....back in 2006, when the market was over inflated, which would now bury you underwater, if you did. I realize some people just went out and bought or refinanced just for the sake of living beyond their means. I refinanced a home that I consider my "home". Now, I'm scuffling to learn all I can to be ready to fight for my home, should I have to.
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For the great majority of mankind are satisfied with appearance, as though they were realities and are often more influenced by the things that seem than by those that are. - Niccolo Machiavelli
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