To refresh our memories, Jurow says, “2006 was just insane. 320 billion dollars taken out in cash just in that year, and boy, the debt helped the economy continue, even though things were showing signs of real problems.”
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To refresh our memories, Jurow says, “2006 was just insane. 320 billion dollars taken out in cash just in that year, and boy, the debt helped the economy continue, even though things were showing signs of real problems.”
“We’re in a mental recession,” chief economist at Freddie Mac Sam Khater told the Journal (presumably with a straight face). “It’s a constant stream of negative headlines for a couple of months…it wears on you.”
An increase in lending might just kick start the money multiplier and then some honest-to-goodness, noticeable, government-can’t-deny-it price inflation might be just around the corner.
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“Virtually all major builders are migrating away from the luxury homes that dominated the early years of the economic expansion and are focusing on lower price points to cater to this burgeoning clientele,”
The home market is still highly sensitive to interest rates. Employment/building permits is an interesting ratio that for the moment looks good, but could flip in a hurry.