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Get rid of Fannie and Freedie


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2014 Mar 17, 11:16pm   19,980 views  89 comments

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harlan-green/losing-fannie-and-freddie_b_4975985.html
Comment/post from Michael S.: "If you increase "affordability" you will increase demand. When demand increases then prices rise. When prices rise, affordability falls.
Government backed loans don't help homebuyers, they line the pockets of bankers and the real estate industry. Rising prices help increase tax revenue too, so the industy lobbyists get what they want.
17 MAR 2:47 PM"

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80   Strategist   2014 Mar 19, 11:20am  

tatupu70 says

hrhjuliet says

To heck with my equity, the prices need to come down. I'm willing to make such a simple sacrifice for returning the market to a sustainable price for working families.

That's very noble of you, but unfortunately it will still lead to layoffs and high unemployment as the economy will go into recession.

To create jobs We need more real estate construction, more sales, more confidence, more willingness of banks to loan.
That is why we need higher real estate prices, and that is why the government will make sure higher prices will come.

81   hrhjuliet   2014 Mar 19, 11:35am  

It is not about being noble, it is about making sacrifices and taking responsibility so the next generation has a better life. The inflated prices are not a fact of life forever set in stone. The prices are creating a fuedalist like market. What future do my students have if they don't inherit in this market? So only the rich and the children of current homeowners get a chance? That's so incredibly wrong.

Yes, I am willing to risk my equity, and we all should be willing.

82   Reality   2014 Mar 19, 11:39am  

Bellingham Bill says

If the system had been allowed to evolve its own work-outs without massive Fed intervention 2008-2010, Wall Street would have looked like the end of Fight Club, every pension fund in the US would be twice as broke as it is now, and we'd have had many riots on the scale of LA 1992 due to the massive commercial instability having TBTF actually fail would produce.

TBTF was and is the financial cardio-pulmonary system of the economy. If it dies, our economy dies with it.

Nonsense. Pension funds are/were insured by government. So are/were depositors up to a very large amount (via combinations). You are out of your mind if you think people having more than $100k cash savings in each bank across several banks would be rioting like the hooligans in LA 1992. What? Drive their S500 or Land Rover through the grocery store door? or to steal from the store a TV that is half the size of the one already sitting in the living room?

A bailout, if any, should have involved the government deposit insurance agencies (i.e the depositors), not the TBTF banks that ran the financial system to the ground.

83   Strategist   2014 Mar 19, 11:40am  

hrhjuliet says

It is not about being noble, it is about making sacrifices and taking responsibility so the next generation has a better life. The inflated prices are not a fact of life forever set in stone. The prices are creating a fuedalist like market. What future do my students have if they don't inherit in this market? So only the rich and the children of current homeowners get a chance? That's so incredibly wrong.

Yes, I am willing to risk my equity, and we all should be willing.

What makes you say the prices are inflated?
If a buyer and a seller agree on a price, that's the market. You can't butt in and tell others what to buy and sell for.
It's a free country.

84   hrhjuliet   2014 Mar 19, 12:00pm  

If it's still a free country, than I also have a right to my opinion and my vote. It is an inflated market and it needs to come down, and it will. I can choose to vote and protest against the bailouts and every other scheme that created this inflated disaster.

The seller and buyer of water can agree that $100 dollars a gallon is a fair price for drinking water, and the rich will buy it, and the rest of the population will become serfs trying to survive and pay for water. But it is still wrong, and not something that a positive civilization should engage in.

Shelter is a need, and should not be primarily an investment. Beyond that, we have a society that hopefully still believes in the principles this country was founded on and hopefully still want to see a thriving middle-class and life worth living for the next generation.

85   Strategist   2014 Mar 19, 12:07pm  

hrhjuliet says

Shelter is a need, and should not be primarily an investment. Beyond that, we have a society that hopefully still believes in the principles this country was founded on and hopefully still want to see a thriving middle-class and life worth living for the next generation.

I agree shelter is a necessity. Do you know our country is the most housed nation in the world?
Why do you think that is? We must be doing something right.

86   Strategist   2014 Mar 19, 12:08pm  

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

What makes you say the prices are inflated?

Here's the current situation:

http://patrick.net/?p=1239961

Does not indicate prices are inflated.

87   Reality   2014 Mar 19, 12:12pm  

House is both a shelter and an investment. Without being an investment, durable houses wouldn't be built or maintained.

The issue is the interest rate and easy credit availability. With interest rate artificially low and over-abundance of easy credit money, capital assets can be over-priced thru forward discounting on too-low of an interest rate therefore resulting in bad investment.

88   Strategist   2014 Mar 19, 12:25pm  

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

Call it Crazy says

Strategist says

What makes you say the prices are inflated?

Here's the current situation:

http://patrick.net/?p=1239961

Does not indicate prices are inflated.

Then why are sales DOWN by double digits YoY when inventory is UP by double digits YoY??

Sales are down, not prices.
Sales are down because of unnecessary tight loan requirements. If they loosen up as they should prices would go even higher.
Higher home prices are good for the economy, not lower.

89   hrhjuliet   2014 Mar 19, 12:34pm  

Reality says

House is both a shelter and an investment. Without being an investment, durable houses wouldn't be built or maintained.

Believe it or not, some people maintain their home so it's a safe and enjoyable place to live. Some of the most durable homes I have ever been in were built by the owners with no intention of selling it or renting it. Durable, aesthetic and well-made homes decreased when prices began to rise. I think bulls and bears would agree on that.

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