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...flow, because banks are now less willing to work things out since they suspect that Uncle Sam may offer better mortgage buyouts. "Recently, a lot of the financial institutions have stopped accepting short sales to find out if the government is going to buy their loans that are in default. They're waiting to see what happens with the recent rescue plan to buy back mortgages," says Fred Arnold, president of the California Association of Mortgage Brokers. In Miami, banks and distressed homeowners can't wait to throw underwater mortgages into the government's pool. Says Zalewski...
...that the Icelandic government did not plan to honor British deposits after nationalization, an allegation later found to be utterly false from the conversation transcripts. Amidst these incredible circumstances, the Icelandic government chose to effectively nationalize all three main banks, and investors began to worry about a national default on debt given the size of the debts the government had to absorb. Despite the harsh criticism it has endured in the last decade, it was the IMF that stepped in to provide a highly symbolic $2 billion loan to Iceland, which was followed by support from a consortium of Nordic...
...bleak economic situation has prompted Pakistan to desperately seek aid from such long-term allies as Saudi Arabia, Britain, the U.S. and China. Despite Zardari flying to those countries in recent weeks to make his case, he has yet to secure the loans needed to avoid a default on Pakistan's debt. Pakistani officials insist that they have no intention of defaulting, and the Pakistani rupee rose this week amid signs that the International Monetary Fund might step in to rescue this frontline state in the war on terror. The IMF confirmed Wednesday that it would soon enter discussions with...
...result, we've been able to partially default on our giant debts to the rest of the world without actually defaulting - thanks to the decline in the dollar over the past five years. Chinese taxpayers, whose government holds a lot of that debt, may end up losing as much or more money (as a share of GDP) on the U.S. financial crisis as taxpayers here will...
...publicly called RealtyTrac's numbers--which put Colorado near the top of the list of states with foreclosure problems--"ridiculous and irresponsible." "It was devastating Colorado in terms of consumer confidence and mortgage lending into the state," she says. The Mortgage Bankers Association, which releases well-watched loan-default data of its own, came out swinging as well, with the trade group's chief economist complaining that the firm was "damaging the industry...