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Archive - May 18, 2012 - Blog entry

drhousingbubble's picture

Will the FHA require a bailout? – 12,000,000 underwater mortgages 3,000,000 are FHA insured loans





FHA insured loans have been a big booster for the current market.  Historically FHA insured loans made up roughly 8 to 12 percent of all mortgage originations but in 2009 they hit 30 percent.  For first time home buyers it was a stunning 50 percent showing that most people can only purchase a home today with a very small down payment.  Yet small down payments create instant negative equity positions if the market moves sideways or pops lower (aka our current market).  For example, the 3.5 percent standard FHA down payment is wiped away by the 5 to 6 percent selling costs.  What is interesting with this is that the FHA insured loan market is fully backed by the government (i.e., you) so any losses will be completely shouldered by the public.

 

williambanzai7's picture

No FaCeBiLK POP?: BoW DoWN To YouR MaSTeR MoRTaLs...[UPDATED]





All Hail to the Great One...Moolaram!!!

 

George Washington's picture

Unrestrained Stimulus and Draconian Austerity: Two Sides of the Same Coin





The Elite Financial Players Are Manipulating the Game So that They Get the Stimulus ... and the Little Guy Gets the Austerity

 

Phoenix Capital Research's picture

I Just Got Back From the EU... and It's Worse Than You Imagined





 

The situation in Europe is bad...  How BAD? Well, France, Spain, and Germany have ALL implemented border controls. That's not a typo. Spain, France, and Germany can each close their borders for up to 30 days at any point if they so choose. Why are they doing this? Because they know that when the stuff hits the fan and the EU collapses (which it will in the next few months) people are going to attempt to flee with their money... so they have made it so that no one can get it... and no one can get out. 

 

Tim Knight from Slope of Hope's picture

Forbidden Terms: For Immediate Release





Now that, thank God, the Facebook IPO is behind us, effective immediately, new Federal regulations expressly ban the following terms within the fifty United States and its territories:

 

williambanzai7's picture

TiMMaH: "I DoN'T UNDeRSTaND iT..."





We know...

 
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