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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (176574)	1/12/2009 2:14:22 PM
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Wow, that's gotta absolutely nuke any lending exposure banks have in those areas. Anything that does foreclose will return next to nothing. Even 50% LTV loans not safe. And why would any rational person keep paying on a mortgage if they are THAT far underwater? How many years' salary is a credit rating worth after all? Wouldn't surprise me to see losses approaching 50% of loan exposure in some of those areas. No TARP big enough to cover these. Am I too pessimistic? How come Florida bank stocks are even trading any more? FDIC should move to get these banks pawned off before the industry realizes just how bad they are. `BC

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