In keeping with the theme that bank assets need to be properly valued before confidence can be returned to the system, this piece summarises the next immediate problem.  As you read this, bear in mind that the American system for most states employ the non-recourse system.  This little known implication just came known to me recently, and further explains the extent of the fear on bank asset value.  Non-recourse means the homeowner can walk away from a home where the mortgage exceeds the home value with no recourse from the bank back to that homeowner for the shortfall.  This is … Continue reading Bank asset revlauation – unfortunately its the next mortgage crisis