OK guys, I just posted a couple of pictures. This is not a discussion forum on
the financial crisis.
Suffice it to say that here in Spain, bankers are regarded as part of organised
crime, only less honest than the mafia.
Cheers,
Nathan
Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
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YNWA
> On 01 Feb 2015, at 20:32, John Hudson <OM4T@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> This very sad story illustrates one very important issue.
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> Acting as a guarantor for a mortgagee exposes one to a significant risk.
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> If the debtor defaults expect the mortgage holder / creditor to call the
> guarantee.
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> Why should the bank not have called and enforced the guarantee ? Why should
> this be labelled "predatory" ?
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> On 2/1/2015 4:26 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>> Sonia and Paco are a young couple with two small daughters. Some years ago,
>> when both had jobs, they bought a home, worked, and made their mortgage
>> payments without any problems for 5 years. Then the crisis hit, Spain’s
>> unemployment rate soared to 25%, and both of them lost their jobs. After
>> some months, they were unable to make the mortgage payments and the bank
>> foreclosed on them. But because of the fall in property prices, their debt
>> exceeded the value of the house, and so the bank is trying to collect the
>> remaining debt of 35,000 EUR by garnishing part of Sonia’s parents’
>> pension—they had co-guaranteed the loan when the mortgage was taken out. The
>> couple and their daughters now live with Sonia’s parents, but with the
>> bank’s demands the entire family is on the verge of falling into extreme
>> poverty. Supported by a local NGO that campaigns against the banks’
>> predatory practices, they have set up a camp outside the BBVA branch next to
>> the Mercado Central. I went there yesterday to have a look and a chat and to
>> document it. They have now been there for 28 days. Their demand is that the
>> bank stop garnishing Sonia’s parents’ pension.
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>> Two snaps. First, the overall view of the encampment:
>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3853988458&k=3zcKkQz&lb=1&s=O>
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>> People signing the petition in support of Sonia and Paco and in general
>> demanding that the law be changed so that the debt is extinguished once the
>> house is taken by the bank:
>> <http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3853988612&k=GJs77dK&lb=1&s=O>
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>> And yes, I signed also. I am no populist but the banks ARE greedy bastards.
>> Just this week, 78 executives of another bank have been charged with
>> fraud—they had been given “black credit cards” by the bank which they could
>> use freely, and of course this little fringe benefit was never declared to
>> the tax authorities.
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>> Cheers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
>> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
>> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu
>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
>> <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
>> <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/>
>> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator
>> <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator>
>> YNWA
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