Monday, October 8, 2007

Banks' new refrain: "We're not doing this anymore"

By Jen Benepe

Shifts in the New York real estate market aren't as drastic as in the rest of the country, but credit questions are getting tougher to answer. The Real Deal looked at the moving target of credit offerings and its effect on the residential market as part of an in-depth series of stories this month examining the shifting climate.Property buyers and real estate brokers in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens watched with increasing disbelief as mortgage lenders and bankers walked away from previous rate commitments, further tightened borrowing restrictions or suddenly eliminated previous mortgage programs."Every day is changing," said Barbara Ladesou, a mortgage broker for Manhattan Mortgage Company. "Every day we get a message from the banks, and the catch phrase is, 'We are not doing this anymore.'" REAL DEAL

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Well said.