| Couples whose marriage is over are staying together | | | | They could not afford to sell their house cheap, as it |
| in order to pool resources. These are tough times we | | | | would leave them both with a huge deficit. With only |
| are all living in and the truth is many couples are | | | | Jessica working the mortgage payments were |
| struggling to make ends meet. | | | | becoming harder to get in on time. |
| Take a couple like Jessica and Dan. | | | | Divorce suddenly seemed to take a back seat as the |
| They had been married for seven years and both | | | | possibility of losing their home to foreclosure took |
| wanted a divorce. There had been problems all the | | | | centre stage. They sat down and worked out a |
| way through so they both decided they wanted to call | | | | cunning plan. |
| it a day. | | | | They would remain in the house together until it could |
| Then came the recession and Dan lost his job. The | | | | be sold. They both still wanted a divorce but working |
| company he worked for could no longer keep all their | | | | together to save their home seemed a practical idea. |
| staff. The recession was causing cutbacks | | | | They wanted to settle all their debts like credit cards |
| everywhere and many people were being forced into | | | | and personal loans before they both moved on. |
| bankruptcy. Dan and Jessica had put their home up for | | | | This scenario is being played out in homes all over the |
| sale prior to the recession but were finding no interest | | | | world. It is a solution to a worldwide wide problem. You |
| at all in their property. The backside had completely | | | | too could live together in divorce and plan for a debt |
| dropped out of the real estate market with fewer | | | | free future. |
| buyers on the scene. | | | | |