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1 in 10 American Households Behind on Mortgage Payments

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Real Estate RS307443

I read in the news yesterday that 1 out of every 10 households in America are behind in their mortgage payments by at least 1 month. This in my opinion is outright scary. The Mortgage Bankers Association officiallyannounced this news about American households. They also say that the problem is stemming more and more as a result of people losing jobs and the bad economy. Before now the bulk of the blame went to the adjustable rate mortgages and sub-prime borrowers. Now, it seems as though the tough economy and job less is a major factor as well.

Congress needs to be focusing more on this issue and I hpoe they can come up with some sort of relief for homeowners directly. I don't know whether dropping the rates would help at this point. Rates are already low and we have not seen a spark.

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Josh McKnight

Keller Williams Real Estate

June Piper-Brandon
Coldwell Banker Realty - Columbia, MD
Creating Generational Wealth Through Homeownership

Josh, the number of people who are out of work right now is amazing.  The thing is once they no longer receive unemployment benefits they drop off the radar so it looks like our unemployment rate is getting better, but is it really?  It's a false positive.  The government can say that the number of people who are receiving unemployment benefits is dropping, but the thing is now they are just not working and not receiving any money at all.  This is very sad indeed.  My daughter lost her job during the summer and her benefits have ended, her 2 best friends are also out of work collecting unemployment, but there are few prospects of work. 

Dec 08, 2008 02:20 PM
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Plano, TX

My suggestion will be besides looking for jobs, a person should become self employed. There are not many jobs in the market. There are jobs some one can do from home. The only way to improve the economy will be if everyone is employed/self employed.

Jan 03, 2009 12:16 PM