Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Roc-A Fella Co-Founder Faces Foreclosure


Foreclosure proceedings on two Manhattan apartments owned by estranged co-founder of Roc-A Fella, Damon Dash and his wife started this week. The properties are valued over $7M. Their lender Eastern Saving Bank funded their loan with a monthly payment of $78,500.
Eastern Savings bank funds loan for people with less than perfect credit and offers loans with high interest rates. There are not exactly considered sub-prime but rather equity based lender in that they lend money at 70% or less of the value or purchase price with interest rates in the 9-11% range.
These loans are considered "quick fix" solution for someone with bad credit rather than for long term financing. So getting a loan for a large amount like $7M will put a heavy strain on anyone's budget even if you're a multi-millionaire.
It is better if you fix your credit and get a loan that you can afford then to have bad credit and get a high interest rate loan thus putting you at risk of foreclosure because most likely that will happen.

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