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99 Homes
2015 · Film · 112 min
Directed by Ramin Bahrani
After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.
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I recommend 3 movies to every family member willing to deal with financial topics as a form of edutainment. The Big Short and Margin Call are two of them.
The 3rd one is 99 Homes. The key line is: "Don't get emotional about real estate." What is sold as a place for family memories for some, is just another asset class for others.
Yes, I've been stung with these sort of charges myself in the past here in the UK - the banking code has cleaned up this practice a bit in more recent times; however I think it's fair to say there's a material difference between being stung for £200 and having your house being ripped from under you by sharp banking practice. I recommend watching the film "99 homes" - it's not a perfect film by any means but illustrates many of the coal face issues of mortgage repossession in the US.