When the Bank Freezes
Your Line of Credit
Lenders are freezing existing home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs) to protect themselves from losses from subprime mortgages and other high-risk loans. In some cases the credit line reduces significantly in other cases are simply frozen.
When the updated market value of your property falls the equity can be either lowered to the new value or in case of negative equity, just disappear all together.
The action taken by numerous Banks is been the source of much outrage and confusion. There are citizens that were already gotten the home-equity lines of credit frozen or reduced to the new market value of their property.
I witnessed a sad episode at the Bank few days ago, when an older lady hyperventilating, was arguing her case with the bank teller... The Manager was called in and we all witnessed the conversation between the bank representative and that poor women.
Simply put: Without a prior notification she found out that her "home-equity lines of credit" was drastically reduced... Now, it is not only a terrible blow that old lady got but, as she was venting in front of all of us, was impacting her life. Not easy for an old citizen who worked hard, paid her mortgage on time and played by the rules.
ALSO because there was no notice given she had written small checks which all have been declined to be paid. By not giving notice of the cancellation of the line, her credit has been endangered by a creditor. On top of the she is retired with a heart condition, living frugally and conservatively. OUTRAGEOUS! Where is the government? Doesn't the government realize that by endangering the credit of good citizens, pertetrated by US BANKS in trouble they endanger the economic stability of the country from the bottom up?
More and more older people are using ways to supplement their living expenses using credit line or credit cards. It's a fact! More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat.
Across the U.S., sellers with good credit who have never been late on a mortgage payment are getting their home equity lines of credit (HELOCs) frozen or downgraded. Major lenders like Bank of America, Citibank, Countrywide Financial Corp., Washington Mutual Bank and USAA have announced that they're cutting back HELOCs in areas where home prices have taken a hit..
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