Saturday, December 6, 2008

Another day, another record

A record one in 10 American homeowners with a mortgage were either at least a month behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of September as the source of housing market pressure shifted from risky loans to the crumbling U.S. economy.I assume the 533000 people who lost their jobs in November will lose their home in the next 6 months.


There are now 4.4 million homes for sale.

How to stop the housingprice crash?
I assume the government is considering these "solutions":
a) Open the borders to get an influx of 4.4 million immigrant families to boost the economy
b) Artifically lower mortgage interest rates to 4.5%
c) Inflate the problem away by flooding the system with (printed) money
d) Change current mortgage contracts by issuing perpetual loans at a "low" interest rate

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