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AnnaLee

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22. Do you mean make a choice in favor of the owners of over-priced houses?
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 09:41 PM
Sep 2012

I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to say. I guess I wonder how people sell a house for an inflated price without creating the bubble all over again. In other words selling to someone who will find later that they cannot afford it. That assumes that buyer can be found. The subject isn't 401Ks for the majority of retired workers. It is their bank accounts that are suffering from the Fed actions.

You know, one assumes the Fed action choses one generation over another and to a great extent it does. But, yes, someone near retirement that bought a house that is now underwater might be the same as a younger person in a similar predicament.

Home prices rebound [View all] brooklynite Sep 2012 OP
Market Watch is reporting a 2-year high pscot Sep 2012 #1
The headline is an outrageous falsehood and CNN... JackRiddler Sep 2012 #15
Explain to me why rising house prices is a good thing? AnnaLee Sep 2012 #2
Becasue it means that people are able and willing to pay higher prices... brooklynite Sep 2012 #4
No, it means that lenders are desperate enough for high yield... JackRiddler Sep 2012 #10
If it were true genxlib Sep 2012 #12
why should people who invested their retirement savings into their homes be penalized magical thyme Sep 2012 #18
Do you mean make a choice in favor of the owners of over-priced houses? AnnaLee Sep 2012 #22
No. I mean make a choice that doesn't penalize anybody who has been responsible. magical thyme Sep 2012 #29
For one, because millions are trapped in their homes. OnionPatch Sep 2012 #32
So those currently without homes dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #3
Not only that AlphaCentauri Sep 2012 #23
How low do you want them to go? Low values will hurt the poor. davidn3600 Sep 2012 #25
Income, Savings vs. Drowning in Debt AlphaCentauri Sep 2012 #34
A deflationary period is nowhere in the forecast davidn3600 Sep 2012 #35
Wait, I read at ZeroHead that banks are sitting on "toxic assets" banned from Kos Sep 2012 #5
Well the first part kind of is dmallind Sep 2012 #6
Rational for sure. banned from Kos Sep 2012 #7
Not in Savannah, GA n/t n2doc Sep 2012 #8
So the headlines can just lie and you believe it? JackRiddler Sep 2012 #9
yeah, that was my first thought, too. 9-year high?? Roland99 Sep 2012 #30
LOL - Some people have mush for brains... jtuck004 Sep 2012 #11
not in my local market the haven't tk2kewl Sep 2012 #13
Can you please be honest & change the headline to... JackRiddler Sep 2012 #14
I Think What the Article is Saying On the Road Sep 2012 #16
Who is buying these houses? high density Sep 2012 #17
Check out homes in my 'hood... We are Devo Sep 2012 #20
Well, that one is a craftsman home. senseandsensibility Sep 2012 #21
Just showing We are Devo Sep 2012 #24
Right. which is why when I interviewed a local realtor who is head of the local realty board magical thyme Sep 2012 #19
The link tells us that prices have returned to 2003 levels. pa28 Sep 2012 #26
That's not possible. 2006 was the year things peaked and crashed in CA. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #27
9-YEAR HIGH ... GeorgeGist Sep 2012 #28
CNN changed this lying headline... JackRiddler Sep 2012 #31
Hit and Run? No reply from brooklynite. JackRiddler Sep 2012 #33
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