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Comment on Tight standards mean missed opportunity for many borrowers by Eileen Romito

Eileen Romito — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 19:46:36 +0000

And not to mention that PMI has gone up on certain loan types. For some people, to refinance into a significantly lower rate, they’ll see their PMI almost double, which effectively eliminates the benefit of refinancing.

Comment on Compendium of negative stories on housing by js

js — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:06:04 +0000

“negative” ??!?

depends on if you’re long or short. as someone who sold in 08 and now renting, this is exactly what I anticipated. As far as I’m concerned, these stories could not be more positive.

Comment on Which of these pictures does not belong? by js

js — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:08:07 +0000

from the 80s thru 2007, persons per ‘home’ dropped from ~2.7 to ~1.6, iirc.

all studies on housing vs population make no mention of this. said differently, the idea that college grads will all buy their own 2-3 bedroom condo by 25yrs old is apparently assumed a permanent shift. Roommates or moving “back home” is apparently a thing of the past, never to return?

Personally I think all these studies of stock vs demand are way off due to this not considered.

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