Mortgage Meltdown: Wave Two
In Mortgage Delinquencies Up 58% we pointed out that the American home owner borrower will continue to experience difficulty in making their monthly payments for years to come.
The following chart from Agora Financial demonstrates the detonation of the mortgage market thus far, where we are today, and what we can expect in the very near future.
A BIG thank you to Patrick for pulling the research on this and providing it for all to review.
Based on this information, it looks like the next wave may be as powerful, if not more powerful, than the first. In the first wave, we saw the sub-prime meltdown, meaning that mortgages for borrowers with lower credit worthiness exploded, leaving us in the situation where we find ourselves today.
This next round is going to include prime borrowers, more sub-prime borrowers, and Alt-A borrowers who were able to buy homes with little or no income verification, and in many cases, nothing down. It’s possible, and likely, that the value of many of the loans that will come under threat will have higher loan balances than even sub-prime (More on Alt-A’s here). Finally, we’ll be seeing Option-ARM’s blowup for those whose rates reset, significantly raising their monthly payments.
For an American middle class that has been financially devastated by job losses, wage decreases and credit contraction, we don’t see recovery any time soon.
According to the chart above, we should start seeing detonations around the country some time in April or May of 2010 with the fallout clearing up some time in late 2012.
Some estimates have forecasted that real estate is set to decline another 10% to 15%. But, what if the next wave collapses our real estate market another 30%, or even 50%? Doesn’t sound possible does it? For non-believers, we direct your attention to the Japanese real estate bubble of the 1990’s compared to the USA through 2008.
UPDATE 11-20-09Â 21:42:
For a look at home price values over the last 100 years, including booms and busts, take a look at Glenn Beck’s explanation below. This explanation suggests that we have a way to go in residential real estate prices, and the 30% to 50% drops in home values from this point may be quite possible if we are, in fact, in the midst of another depression-like event. (Thanks to NetRanger of Oath Keepers for sharing this one with the community)
Author: Mac Slavo
Date: November 19th, 2009
Visit the Author's Website: http://www.SHTFplan.com/
November 20th, 2009 at 3:15 am
I first saw this chart in 2007 and I’m just your average guy. Presumably Wall Streeters and the govt are just as aware. Presumably all the bailout and tarp funds that are in place will act to counter the presumed losses you’re expecting here.
Does this forum have any reason to suspect that Bank losses will not be covered by existing bailout funds?
November 20th, 2009 at 8:11 am
Some friends and I have been talking this next wave for some time. Great chart to show non-believers. I am just wondering how many people in South Florida with half to 1 million dollar homes will realize that walking away from a mortgage could pay you more than any job you will have in the next 3 years.
November 20th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hey! I see mine. Its just a little past the first hump. Yeah, right there. But, no, really, its coming. We’re still due for another 30-50% drop in housing prices if we are to match that of the other great depression.
Glenn Beck did a chart a while back. It took the cost of a house in 2005 dollars and adjusted for inflation all the way back to 1890. It was interesting. At its peak, the house price bubble was 200% above what it should be, value wise. If we’re down 50%, we’ve still got a ways to go. Take a 100k house. According to Becks chart, it was costing 200k. If we’ve shaved 50% off of that, we down to 100k. That means we’ve got another 30% or so to hit bottoms like we did in the other great depression.
Here’s a youtube of the chart and explanation:
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November 22nd, 2009 at 9:47 pm
I think Chris has a valid point. Would I suspect that there is money set aside for this second wave by the FED. My answer is based on the information presented as of today. With the top banks giving away huge bonuses to those responsible for this mess and the secrecy of the FED in giving away TARP money to foreign banks. MY answer is a resounding NO! I believe their hands will be out again saying there too big to fail. But fail they have.
November 25th, 2009 at 4:08 am
The chart presented is here was originated by a german bank in 2006. You have got to get an updated one because the time frame has been shifted or extended 6-10 yrs out. That means the climax of wave 2 is not at 2011 or 2012.
December 15th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
So, what do you expect these mortgage rates to reset to?
December 18th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
The Instead of resetting as expected after the first five years, many option ARMs are so negatively amortized that they are hitting their automatic reset cap.
That means they are resetting early starting right now.
According to Whitney Tilson and Glenn Tongue of T2 Partners, the experts on this subject, about 80% of option ARMs are negatively amortizing. Meaning these so-called top-tier borrowers are heading further into the hole. Once their rates reset, they could be totally underwater.
Comments…..
December 19th, 2009 at 10:01 am
Dave excellent comment!
Pebird, I spent some time doing a bit of research, as I am no professional when it comes to mortgages.
From my understanding, the resets are dependent on the original contract, but may work something like this:
what the resets will do is potentially take someone paying $1200 per month for their mortgage, and up the monthly payment to perhaps $1500 if we are talking about a, say, 2% reset…
That will do wonders for the the people with negative amortization, as Dave mentioned above. On a broad scale, this is going to affect the bottom line of millions of Americans who hold these loans. It’s going to be quite painful.
Mac
December 26th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
[...] Not only is it possible, it seems quite probable, considering the fact that 40% of sub-prime borrowers and 10% of prime borrowers are now either delinquent on their mortgages or are in foreclosure. Yes, that’s two out of five sub prime and one out of ten prime borrowers for whom the SHTF as we speak. And we’ve just gone through Wave One of the mortgage fiasco, with Wave Two’s approach imminent. [...]
April 15th, 2010 at 3:31 am
Citing Glenn Beck is sort of like saying you don’t know what you’re talking about. Beck is an entertainer. He doesn’t have a clue about finances, mortgage markets, etc. (nor does he care). You may as well use Sarah Palin as a source (another clueless entertainer). Your post is interesting, but your credibility is suspect.
August 25th, 2010 at 2:36 pm
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