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As the foreclosure crisis worsens life is going to be difficult for credit card holders. The card issuers will quickly seize these foreclosure-ridden times to increase interest rates. Bill Hardekopf of LowCards.com said that there is no doubt that banks will “tighten up the credit-card market.” The country is now in the middle of a “risky and tenuous financial environment” he added.
One of the jumbo issuers of credit cards is Capital One Financial Corporation of McLean. It is having to adjust to the foreclosure dictated economic conditions and that is not good news for credit card users. Spokesperson Pam Girardo said, “We have adapted our underwriting models as the economic environment has changed. And we have gotten more conservative on credit-line assignments and line increases.”
Experts opine that the foreclosure debacle that led to the Wall Street meltdown has made it more probable that the householder will be cash strapped. This will result on more defaulting on credit card dues. Braun Mincher is pundit in financial matters. He said the foreclosure related economic crisis will hurt consumers really hard and it will make it difficult for them not to default. Already they are in the soup and thrown out of their houses. The situation will worsen with more bank collapses and falling economy. It has led to a credit crunch. The householder does not have even the equity on the house to fall back on. Many are surviving on credit cards.
This puts up the credit card to more exposure and vulnerability. As a result card companies are reducing the credit limits and finding out other ways to protect themselves. Ultimately the consumer is going to be hard hit. The card limit may be slashed by half. This will leave the cardholder with few other alternatives to meet ends. The card company may take another recourse. If a person has a limit on a card for $500 then a second card would be given rather than raising the limit on the first one. This will give the card company more opportunity to raise fees.
Greg McBride a financial analyst of renown however opines that there is no direct link between the foreclosure triggered Wall Street blues. What is happening in the world of Credit Card is a normal routine matter. But Hardekopf disagrees and sees a direct link with the foreclosure related Wall Street hiccups to the credit cared squeeze.
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What I propose is that Congress pass an immediate bill that will slow the rate of foreclosed properties.
Establish a tolerable rate of foreclosure in his county/district & use that as a gate to control the rate of foreclosure. While a foreclosure is being stalled, a govt/indep arbitrator should be used to broker a deal between lender & borrower.
That being said put the blame squarely where it belongs. Clinton’s presidency gave birth to the sub-prime adjustable rate mortgages & since it amounted to affirmative-action lending there wasn’t much any Republican could do or say against it. Any efforts to prevent this train wreck were met with calls of “discrimination.”