The second part of the discussion on the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown by 60 Minutes Correspondent Steve Kroft.

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60 Minutes: House Of Cards - Part I
[CBS 60 Minutes] House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess
House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess
60 Minutes: House of Cards

60 Minutes Correspondent Steve Kroft reports on the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown and how it affects capital markets worldwide.

For more on this see:
[CBS 60 Minutes] House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess
House Of Cards: The Mortgage Mess
60 Minutes: House of Cards

An April 13^th article from the San Francisco Chronicle stated that it will be more costly than ever to walk away from a mortgage just because the investment didn’t pan out. New guidelines bar lenders from making Fannie Mae loans to applicants who went through foreclosure within 5 years unless they can prove extenuating circumstances. And even after 5 years the borrowers will have to come up with at least 10 percent down and have gotten their credit scores back up to at least 680. Rival mortgage clearing house Freddie Mac indicated that it is going after walk-away borrowers in court to collect deficiencies (the difference between what a borrower owes and what the lender gets in a foreclosure sale). Fannie and Freddie’s actions should be far-reaching — 76% of all new mortgages are bought by the giants and must therefore meet their guidelines. These actions should be welcomed by taxpayers and homeowners alike — very few neighborhoods haven’t felt the blight of a foreclosure and the resulting hit to the adjacent property values, and making those truly responsible face their consequences should lighten the burden for everyone else.