The Lifecycle of Predatory Equity
Posted by Matthew Brian Hersh on March 15, 2012
The New York City Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) has a new report out that examines the "lifecycle" of predatory equity—a practice where real-estate speculators over-leverage buildings with the intention of forcing tenants out.
The report points to a potentially alarming cycle where banks, looking to stabilize their balance sheets, sell notes in foreclosure to the highest bidder at face value:
Not only has this debt-level already proven to be unsustainable, it does not account for the already deteriorated conditions. Thus, affordable housing stock in NYC is being swept into a second round of Predatory Equity. Tenants suffer throughout the process."
Click here to read the report. UHAB follows predatory equity developments on its blog, The SurRealEstate.
National Housing Institute
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