Don’t pay your mortgage …. No problem … We like squatters
Excerpt form the LA Times, headlined Many borrowers in default stay put as lenders delay evictions:
Throughout the country, people continue to default on their home loans — but lenders have backed off on forced evictions, allowing many to remain in their homes, essentially rent-free.
Several factors are driving the trend, industry experts say, including government pressure on banks to modify loans and keep people in their homes.
And with a glut of inventory in places like Southern California’s Inland Empire, Nevada and Arizona, lenders are loath to depress housing prices further by dumping more properties into a weak market.
Finally, allowing borrowers to stay in their homes helps protect the bank’s investment as it negotiates with the homeowners, said Gary Kirshner, a spokesman for Chase bank, a major lender.
“If the person’s in the property, there’s less chance for vandalism, and they’re probably maintaining the house,” he said
