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Actual alternative AP headline on Yahoo: "Is tax deal a threat to a housing recovery?"
1 posted on 12/09/2010 11:33:39 AM PST by Qbert
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To: Qbert

The economic idiocy is astounding


2 posted on 12/09/2010 11:36:31 AM PST by GeronL (#7 top poster at CC, friend to all, nicest guy ever, +96/-14, ignored by 1 sockpuppet.. oh & BANNED)
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To: Qbert

Maybe the morons at the Ass. Press believe extending the unemployment benefits to three years will aid the housing market.

~sheesh~


3 posted on 12/09/2010 11:37:49 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (Yes, as a matter of fact, what you do in your bedroom IS my business.)
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The vast majority of those who can qualify to refinance have already refinanced. That means credit wise or will their house appraise.


4 posted on 12/09/2010 11:38:56 AM PST by Terry Mross ( Reagan made one mistake: He chose Bush as his veep. We've been paying for it ever since.)
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To: Qbert

The other side of rates going up is that house prices will go down.


5 posted on 12/09/2010 11:45:42 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (HARRY: Money Mob & Influence (See my Expose on Reid on amazon.com written by me!))
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To: Qbert
Yeah, sure, so a pay cut for everyone in the country that is working is going to help the housing market?

These people are morons.

7 posted on 12/09/2010 11:47:26 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast
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One thing that cracks me up: When people buy a home, they don’t buy a price. They buy a monthly payment. This means that if interest rates rise, prices will fall, to keep the monthly payment the same.


8 posted on 12/09/2010 11:50:48 AM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: Qbert

Rates started going up when Bernake came out with QEII.


9 posted on 12/09/2010 11:58:58 AM PST by willk
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A mere 25 years ago a 4.1% mortgage rate would have been eye popping indeed.

Back then they were 8-9%.

And somehow the world soldiered on.

Not uncoincidentally, home prices were much lower then in terms of the average income.


10 posted on 12/09/2010 12:20:17 PM PST by Pessimist
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