[imcarthur]

Certainly, I am on the other end of the spectrum: paid off house + a different country which didn’t allow the ‘inventive’ mortgages. But the concept of - it’s OK to walk away if, if, if - is making our parents & their parents do cartwheels in their graves.

Greed from unchecked banks & greed (insert hope, dream or whatever pleasant word you feel should go here) from home buyers who expected to leapfrog a life of gradual affordable home upgrading (like our parents did) produced this mess. Dealing with a personal home situation going south as if it was a poor business decision may be the wise financial move, but the very concept of doing it & letting others pay, is morally bankrupt.

Ian