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Is there a solution to the mortgage foreclosure crisis?

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No
23% 64 votes Total: 278 votes
Yes
77% 214 votes
  • 1 of 7

    by Elizabeth Wordsmith

    The mortgage foreclosure crisis is a complex problem involving many factors and affected by other current economic factors. This is a downwardly spiraling problem that will hav...read more

  • 2 of 7

    by Therese Daniels

    The sky is falling and dooms day is near according to the news media. What has fallen are American home prices, the value of the dollar and the rest of you know what rolled down...read more

  • 3 of 7

    by Christine D. Patterson

    As long as our Government keep bailing out the corporations who started this mess, there will not be a solution. We rather see the foreclosed home sit, and homeowners thrown out...read more

  • 4 of 7

    by Robert Taylor

    Near Trillion Dollar Government Bailout Plan Points up the Basic Contradiction of Capitalism: Greed By Robert N. Taylor This past weekend while most of us were asleep, at...read more

  • 5 of 7

    by Damien Baldino

    The mortgage foreclosure crisis has been slowly gathering steam for years, and didn't surprise anyone with a basic knowledge of finance and economics. Historically, home prices...read more

  • 6 of 7

    by Rebecca Granado

    The foreclosure crisis is a scary one and a tough battle to beat. Homeowners must feel defeat when the home they have raised their children in will be auctioned off to the high...read more

  • 7 of 7

    by Andy Chen

    Solution to Foreclosure Problem Nowhere in Sight Thinking that there is a solution to the current foreclosure crisis is as much a dream as thinking that there is a solution t...read more

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  • by Diana Howard

    The Mortgage Crisis can be solved, and we are making some progress, but much will depend on cooperation between the Mortgager and the Mortgagee. This crisis will continue unaba...read more

  • 2 of 21

    by Rob Purifoy

    To first know the reason we are in this economic mess is the first step to solving it with practical solutions. We have several factors in play that extend beyond what the media...read more

  • by Mici Blevins

    "Where there is a Will there is a Way" I am personally offended by the thought of everyday citizens should solely take this on the chin. Number one this is not 100% consumer fa...read more

  • 4 of 21

    by Gary Betts

    There is a solution to the American financial crisis, but Bush's $1 trillion bailout of American and foreign financial institutions is not the answer. It is only a short-term ba...read more

  • 5 of 21

    by T. M. Beeker

    Many pundits and analysts are trying very hard to make this whole mess sound more complex than it actually is. A mortgage is another fancy term for a debt. Failure to pay ...read more

  • 6 of 21

    by Mark Butler

    Bailing Out Main Street and Not Wall Street The public angst over the $700 Billion bailout of Wall Street Firms has raised an outcry from the American people that...read more

  • 7 of 21

    by The Travel Bugg

    Everyone in Washington and the media are pointing fingers these days concerning who is to blame for the current state of our economy and our world image. There is plenty of bla...read more

  • 8 of 21

    by A.R. Cruz

    Is there a Real solution to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis? The mortgage foreclosure crisis has created a depression in the real estate market and a recession on the nationa...read more

  • 9 of 21

    by Linda Gehring

    The Mortgage Mess: Whose Fault is it Anyway? And is a Bailout Really Called For? As a fundamental believer in history and in examining, with respect to political matters, ...read more

  • 10 of 21

    by Kenneth Boser Ii

    There is a solution to the mortgage foreclosure 'crisis', including that of the predicament of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Most of the proposing, and the pandering, has come ...read more

  • 11 of 21

    by Linda Sunkle-Pierucki

    There is a solution to the mortgage foreclosure crisis, but it is not a quick fix. And the first order of business is to more completely understand what has happened and why. Th...read more

  • 12 of 21

    by Gregory Mayo

    The solution to the foreclosure crisis is simple...but will never be popular. The market has to be able to adjust itself. What that means is the crisis has to become a crash. W...read more

  • 13 of 21

    by Morgana Reno-Tahoe

    Yes, there a solution to the mortgage foreclosure crisis. And it's an immediate solution. It's been in place for several years. It's known as Note Modification. Note Modif...read more

  • 14 of 21

    by Shirley Scurlock

    Is there a solution to the mortgage foreclosure crisis? Of course there is! The United States loans Billions of dollars to countries who forfeit on them regularly. We also regul...read more

  • 15 of 21

    by B. L. Babb

    With banks failing due to bad loans, primarily from mortgages, there is a solution that can be implemented now that should help stop the crisis as well as slow tumbling prices a...read more

  • 16 of 21

    by Glorious Republic

    We got ourselves into this mortgage mess basically because of forgetting to obey the Golden Rule. Simply, if we follow the teachings of wisdom, we would not be in this economic ...read more

  • 17 of 21

    by Joseph Malek

    Like it or not, the unemployment rate within the United States of America is rising. The ever increasing balance of payments deficit is causing a decrease in the value of the U....read more

  • 18 of 21

    by Harleyangelbrat Marilyn Ramone

    I am no expert on finances or mortgages, but I do own my own home, or do I? Actually, I am paying for my own home. I think that the government should bear down on any finance ...read more

  • 19 of 21

    by Kathleen Jensen

    Rarely a day goes by without new and ever more depressing news about foreclosures. What many may not know is that there are solutions and those solutions have already been iden...read more

  • 20 of 21

    by Jeanette Michelle

    There is a solution, but no wants to really hear the solution. No one will fully understand unless he or she is involved with a Mortgage on an adjustable rate. The mortgage c...read more

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