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Quelle Suprise! Banks Can't Afford Principal Reductions, Even On Seconds

By Implode-Explode Heavy Industries

``A systemic program to modify second lien mortgages called 2MP does exist but Treasury has stalled on implementation because the banks that hold them can?t afford it, six buyside investors said. The sources all said implementation of the program, called 2MP, would result in ?catastrophic? losses for the nation?s four largest banks, which collectively hold more than USD 400bn of the USD 1trn in second lien mortgages outstanding.? (?Mortgage investors push for banks to write down second liens?, Allison Pyburn, Financial Times)''

Full post as published by Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter on March 16, 2010 (boomark / email).