60 Minutes interviews several families from the Phoenix, AZ area that are considering or doing strategic defaults, just walking away from their mortgages.
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http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6470184n
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Professor says it is not immoral for underwater homeowners to walk away
Arizona law professor Brent White says the only thing standing between many "underwater" homeowners and a better financial future is a misguided sense that walking away from a loan commitment is morally wrong.
White, an associate professor at University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, has spent the past few months presenting his argument to other lawyers, real-estate professionals and the national media.
It started with a 50-page discussion paper he published in October, in which White argues that underwater homeowners, those whose unpaid loan balance exceeds the value of their home, are being manipulated into picking up the tab for a real-estate crash that borrowers and lenders created equally.
"I'm all for a society where people must take personal responsibility, but that should also apply to the banks and financial institutions" he said.
Article in the Arizona Republic
http://kathleeninarizona.com/archive_details.php?arch=789
White, an associate professor at University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, has spent the past few months presenting his argument to other lawyers, real-estate professionals and the national media.
It started with a 50-page discussion paper he published in October, in which White argues that underwater homeowners, those whose unpaid loan balance exceeds the value of their home, are being manipulated into picking up the tab for a real-estate crash that borrowers and lenders created equally.
"I'm all for a society where people must take personal responsibility, but that should also apply to the banks and financial institutions" he said.
Article in the Arizona Republic
http://kathleeninarizona.com/archive_details.php?arch=789
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