{"id":2229,"date":"2007-11-15T22:17:51","date_gmt":"2007-11-16T05:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=2229"},"modified":"2008-01-08T20:31:05","modified_gmt":"2008-01-09T03:31:05","slug":"what-really-caused-the-lender-meltdown-and-other-important-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/2229\/what-really-caused-the-lender-meltdown-and-other-important-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"What REALLY Caused the Lender Meltdown and Other Important Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street high finance folks who contrived a system to endlessly send money to lenders and reward them for making fraudulent loans got what they rewarded. Here are a few Letters to the Editor from Businessweek<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/a>The Heat On Angelo Mozilo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maria Bartiromo’s interview of Angelo Mozilo (“The heat on Countrywide,” News & Insights, Sept. 10) was tough and insightful. Clearly, Mozilo worked hard for years to build Countrywide Financial. It is sad to see many of his customers suffering under pending or potential future home loss through foreclosure. It also is an unfortunate coincidence that Mozilo has received $100 million by exercising options while many shareholders and customers suffer.This presents Mozilo with a unique opportunity: He could use some of his new riches to set up a fund to help families of customers facing home loss. Think of the suffering he could alleviate for just one child who gets to stay in his or her home. Multiply that by the tens or hundreds of families he could help by setting aside 10% or 20% of his windfall. Hopefully he will seize this opportunity.<\/p>\n

Ed Dziadzio
\nLexington, Mass.<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was difficult to read Angelo Mozilo’s interview because of the blinding light of his halo. In his “mission to lower the barriers of entry for…homeownership” he developed “184 programs” designed, in essence, to circumvent the historically proven risk-evaluation standards and reap huge, though temporary, profits for the corporation. The permanent benefit has been the obscene salaries and bonuses for him. The only reason Countrywide is “modifying” loans is to keep a lid on the disasters, not out of altruism. His claims are beyond absurd. Does his company not advertise as well as promote itself within the industry? Mozilo points out that “it’s important to understand that everybody has experienced substantial losses.” Not quite, Mr. Mozilo.<\/p>\n

David Horn
\nOakland, Calif.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The problems in the subprime lending market are due to low underwriting standards and then overvaluation of these portfolios. A key question that needs to be asked is how these mortgage originators are compensated. Many times the originator is compensated based on production of loans, which includes the good, bad, Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wall Street high finance folks who contrived a system to endlessly send money to lenders and reward them for making fraudulent loans got what they rewarded. Here are a few Letters to the Editor from Businessweek: The Heat On Angelo Mozilo Maria Bartiromo’s interview of Angelo Mozilo (“The heat on Countrywide,” News & Insights, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"hentry","6":"category-realty-reality","8":"no-featured-image"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3151,"url":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/3151\/so-how-does-your-lender-view-you-as-a-customer\/","url_meta":{"origin":2229,"position":0},"title":"So How Does Your Lender View You As A Customer?","author":"Doug Quance","date":"May 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"If Your Lender Is Countrywide - This Telling Email Might Give You An Idea This email is being circulated on the web... 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