Venessa Vents her opinions on life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and on those who seek to keep her from experiencing all of that
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Mortgage Woes
I am one of those people who, come December, will have her mortgage rate sky rocket. Right now I pay 2%, but in December, unless I can make a deal with my mortgage company, I will pay over 7% as my interest rate. That does give me some time, but as it is, I can barely afford the 2% rate. I didn't set out to have this problem. I refied my mortgage to I remodel my house in the hopes of selling it. But the remodel took so long--getting good contractors wasn't the only problem, it was getting them to finish in a timely manner--by the time it was somewhat finished the market had collapsed. So did my work situation. I lost my job, so I'm freelancing at whatever I can get. I still have some of the refi money in the bank which I use to supplement my freelance work. I do have some stock I can sell if I have to, but again, that investment didn't turn out like I thought because the market is down now. Regardless of my situation, I remain optimistic. I'm educated, middle class, and not bad looking so I feel confident that something will turn up. Either that, or I'll have to live in my car. Well, at least it's paid for.
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I feel your pain. My work has gone to part time and I am having a hard time finding full time work. I work for a contractor and he is barely working right now. My mrtgage started in August thank god right before things really started to go down but I could just make it then when I was working full time. Now I'm just trying to stay out of the 90 mark where it can go into foreclosure. Rough times.
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