On Friday, President Bush push out a government assisted program to freeze mortgage rate for the sub prime borrowers such that their initial teaser rate maintain for up to 5 years without worrying resetting to a higher interest rate. The purpose is to help these sub prime borrowers continue able to afford the mortgage payment. This should help reduce the number foreclosed proprieties due to miss-payment and bank take over ownerships. Overall, it should help stabilize the tanking real estate market all across the U.S. However, these are some of the concerns I have:
1)Governement interference is not supposed to happen in a total capitialist market. Price should be determined by supply and demand. Thus, this program destory the basic element of a free market
2)It encourage people with poor credit / income get into the market in future because they expect governement will bail them out again if they face problem with their payment
3)Hope now, worry later? It's true that sub prime borrowers can temporaily get a break without worry their payment increase now. How about in 3 or 5 years, when this program finish their freezing period, these very same people will have to face the mortgage payment problem in that time? Of course, we all hope prices of real estate will rise in next few years, so these people could refinance it again in few years. What if the market is still weak? What happen to them? Is governemnt going to bail them out one more time ?
It's still too early to see the effect of this HOPE program, we'll have to continue to keep track of real estate market in next few months to years to conclude its effectivness . What's your view?
Sunday, December 9, 2007
HOPE now!? Worry later....
Posted by 529pm @ 8:47 PM
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