The bank has also attracted deposits from many Occupy supporters who pulled their deposits out of major banks, maintaining that those banks had not done enough to end foreclosures and help Main Street.
In 2008, candidate Barack Obama promised to close the Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba, to add 5 million new jobs in clean energy enterprises, to end foreclosures, and to keep unemployment under 8percentt with a stimulus plan.
Around the country, small demonstrations — often focused on banks and ending foreclosure evictions — take place almost daily.
Ending foreclosures would break the cycle and motivate homeowners to hang on until prices recovered.
No statistics are available, but experts say a significant number of high-end foreclosures and short sales seem to be "strategic walk-aways" or what some have dubbed "ruthless defaults".
Overvaluation is another major factor in high-end foreclosures, says Sharga.
There is a simple solution to the problem of real estate owners walking away from their mortgages: an immediate end to foreclosures -- all foreclosures.
"But it's not going to end the foreclosure crisis".
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