Strategic Default on Long Island’s East End / Hamptons?

October 4th, 2009 category: Real Estate News

kingFor those seeking to sell or buy a home, it would be remiss to ignore the following article from Kenneth R. Harney…

People who default strategically and lose their houses appear to understand the consequences of what they’re doing. Piyush Tantia, an Oliver Wyman partner and a principal researcher on the study, said strategic defaulters “are clearly sophisticated,” based on the patterns of selective payments observable in their credit files. For example, they tend not to default on home equity lines of credit until after they bail out on their main mortgages, sometimes to draw down more cash on the equity line.

walk awayStrategic defaulters may know that their credit scores will be severely depressed by their mortgage abandonment, Tantia said, but they appear to look at it as a business decision: “Well, I’m $200,000 in the hole on my house, and yes, I’ll damage my credit,” he said of defaulters. But they see it as the most practical solution under the circumstances.

Read the entire article by clicking on the link below.

http://www.latimes.com/classified/realestate/news/la-fi-harney20-2009sep20,0,2560658.story

Our second home communities on the east end / hamptons of Long Island are more at risk for a strategic default than other locations- those finding a second home more difficult to afford are faced with difficult decisions.

As always, just a market gauge to keep in mind as you navigate these confusing times.

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