Referring to Dizard’s FT piece in a series of tweets just after Christmas, Bank analyst Chris Whalen said, “"With 30-year conventional mortgage rates closing in on 2.5% APR and the FOMC buying 1.5% MBS coupons as part of quantitative easing, this is a good time to take cash off the table in IMBs and REITs, and go buy a well-located residential home."

“We’re out of money,” a call to the Detroit home office revealed. “Everyone wants to refi and we don’t have the funds.” Always the salesman, the Quicken rep said, ``I don’t know why anyone is waiting, rates will never go below 3 percent,” inspiring a hearty laugh from this writer.