President Obama has lost his mind. I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised that Obama would embrace HELOC abuse as a good idea. After all, Obama HELOCed his home in Illinios before he became president. Personally, I find this outrageous. Our commander-in-chief, the leader of our nation, has embraced HELOC abuse as a noble behavior that should be encouraged by a taxpayer bailout. The dipshits who lose their home from excessive borrowing should be given a pass, and everyone who [Read More...]
Modern American culture can trace its roots on the North American continent to pioneering English settlers. Life on the frontier is harsh, and each family unit is self-reliant. In a frontier society, if people didn’t work, and if they didn’t produce their own food and shelter, then they died. Fear of death from starvation or exposure was very real, and anyone who wasn’t motivated to produce something of value to themselves or others faced the near certainty of painful death. [Read More...]
Back in August of 2010, I noted that HELOC abuse had hit a record low. Since then, it has declined even further. A recent report from Fannie Mae puts mortgage equity withdrawal at a 26-year low. I guess when owners have no equity, it’s much harder to raid the piggy bank. Our national economy has become completely dependent upon loan owners. What will it take for us to kick the habit? 85 Percent of Refinancing Homeowners Maintain or Reduce Mortgage [Read More...]
We are all living in our own bubbles. Each of us has a tenuous grasp on reality, and with the steady flow of bullshit and propaganda that implants gross lies into our collective consciousness, our perception of reality becomes ever more distorted. It is a difficult and often time-consuming task to find Truth and Reality buried beneath obtuse writing and intentional obfuscation. Bubble thinking is rampant, and the primary reason for its persistence is that people want the free spending money houses [Read More...]
There is a simple truth about the housing market; people are going to buy and sell homes when is suits their life’s circumstances. Unlike many of the readers of this blog, few base their decisions on market dynamics, and even when they do, each sets their own risk parameters. The main factor separating those who benefited from the housing bubble from those who did not was a Simple Twist of Fate; for some it was time to sell or buy, [Read More...]
Rather than paraphrase, below is the full text of OC Progressive’s post: Housing Bubble Busts Every Local Budget – Get Ready for Extreme Makeovers In trying to follow local politics here in Orange County, I’ve been looking very closely at local government budgets, and there’ s one trend that seems to be emerging rapidly. We’re seeing a precipitous decline in local sales tax revenue. And this is not going to be a temporary problem, but rather one with serious long [Read More...]
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