The latter is often practically impossible to do
at short notice, or even if it is possible, may only be able to be carried out by selling the assets (such as
loan portfolios)
at fire -
sale prices.
Because of the vast number of problem
loans on their books, some lenders want appraisers to value troubled assets
at unreasonably low levels in order to serve their agendas of «dumping» troubled assets
at fire -
sale prices.