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An Alternate Solution to the 'Bad Bank' Problem

Housing solution!

Wonderfull Idea!! Spread the risk over time, I did not figure this out until
I read your article.

But help address the 2.5 million homes currently owned by Financial Institutions.

I, Remove 2 million homes from the MLS (for Sale) that financial institutions currently have
for Sale. Any Institution that received TARP funds will be required to first offer the home
to the RTC for purchase. RTC will not purchase any home above $417,000. No Jumbos.

2, Government Resolution Trust will purchase these homes from these institutions for 20%
less than original first Mortgage amount. No negotiating.

3, 600 billion dollars to buy these homes (app $300,000 each average) will come from the sale
of long term 30 year bonds. (Currently app 3-5%) issued by Government.

4. RTC will send these homes to the local HUD offices for disposition thru voucher program
(rentals). $5000 will accompany each home for repairs & upkeep. eventually as the MLS
system reaches certain inventory levels (i.e. 30-60 days) HUD will be allowed to place these
homes on the sale market. If the inventory increases HUD will remove homes accordingly.
This will be a local HUD market decision, differing from region to region. Rental Income will
help cover expenses such as maintenance, insurance and property taxes.


Pro's:


Supply/demand economics will create a bottom in the housing market once 2 million homes
for sale are removed. Prices will start to increase.

Local governments will see a bottom in declining values and revenue will increase as values
slowly stabilize and slowly increase.

Individual homeowners as well as other sellers will find a housing market ready and able
to absorb the inventory.

Banks will now have a fresh source of funds to lend on homes that are not declining in value.

Banks will be able to clean balance sheets of hard to liquidate assets.

Lending/leverage/credi... markets will slowly begin to return to normal. Applications will
increase, appraisals, home inspections, title work, all types of stimulating activity for business.

As home prices stabilize and increase the local HUD agency selling homes over a 3-7 year time
frame will see prices rise for properties purchased by the RTC. HUD will only be required to
return to RTC the original amount of the purchase price plus the 20%. Or the original amount of the
selling banks first mortgage.

Once the RTC is closed and all homes sold, all losses (if any) will be covered proportionately
by the selling institutions. All financial Institutions selling homes to the RTC will share the loss
at the RTC as a percentage of total homes purchased and homes sold to the RTC. That percentage
will be the Banks percentage for covered losses. These losses will be paid by the banks over a 30 year period liquidating the original bonds sold to finance the purchase.

Other agenda items:

Mark to Market accounting will only apply to non performing assets.

Spend 50 billion each year for the next 3 years rebuilding infrastructure. Bridges, Roads, tunnels,
water plants, dams, levies anything to create jobs.
Stimulus checks for $300 only help pay a credit card bill once.

Any comments?

Financial Stocks: Playing the Mark-to-Market Suspension

Mark to Market should be used on Non-Performing assets. Not assets that are held as performing and paying. At least for the next few years.

Time to Exempt Mortgage Securities from Mark-to-Market Rules

Wall street, Hedge funds, Traders, and Investment house have made huge amounts of money packaging and selling these MBS, CDO's and like instruments. Banks & S&L's have been purchasing these so called investments to capitalize on greater returns. Now These same funds with huge amounts of $ are shorting the same
asset in order to buy them back @ 50 cents on the dollar or less.
Free market society. This is creating a huge profit potential for the ultimate purchaser or these instruments. Yes, some are bad debts
but you need to buy enough to average out the losses.
FMA or some other goverment backed fund should start buying these
instruments from the banks @ face value thus giving the banks liquidity and much needed capital to continue in business. Start regulating the mortgage business again and only purhase conforming fully documented loans. Create this fund in partnership with any institution selling CDO's or MBS into it. 50% government owned with the other 50% split among the selling institutions proportionatly.
All original funds will come from long term bonds issued by the Gov.
for 30 years. Every 5 years audit the fund & access profits or losses
amoungst the owners.