#deceptive lending

The Center for Responsible Lending estimates that excessive interest rates cost families $2.9 billion each year.  CRL states:  "When a borrower loses a home to foreclosure, society pays the price in the drop in surrounding property values and LOST TAX REVENUES."

1. Here is the formula:  Yield Spread Premium and excessive interest rates = loss of tax revenues from mortgage defaults.  2. Clearly, this is one of the reasons for the lack of funding in our school systems.  3. I find it Ironic that Scott Veerkamp has not paid his taxes and FTCSC wants to sue the state over a "funding formula."  4. In other words, Scott wants taxpayers to pay for the lawsuit going in---and Scott feels no responsibility to pay his own taxes going out.  5. On a scale of 1-10 Scott Veerkamp's level of integrity is at ZERO.

Predatory Lending is a major contributor to the economic turmoil we are currently experiencing.

Here is an example of what I am talking about:  Scott Veerkamp / Predatory Lending  (Franklin Township School Board Member.)

Please review this information from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley regarding deceptive lending practices: "Steering payments were made to brokers who enticed unsuspecting homeowners into deceptive and expensive mortgages.  These secret bonus payments, often called Yield Spread Premiums, turned home mortgages into a SCAM."

The Center for Responsible Lending says YSP "steals equity from struggling families."    1. Scott collected nearly $10,000 on two separate mortgages using YSP and junk fees. 2. This is an average of $5,000 per loan. 3. The median value of the properties was $135,000.  4. Clearly, this type of lending represents a major ripoff for consumers.