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07-24-2011, 10:08 AM #1
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$729,000 govt backed mortgage affordable housing on $50,000
Conforming loan limits should expire lower – how is a $729,000 government backed mortgage viewed as affordable housing when most families only make $50,000 a year?
Southern California enjoys adding flare to any event and Carmageddon certainly did not live up to the hype. Certainly the massive amount of coverage given to the event kept many people home and off the 405 between the 101 and the 10 freeways. Unlike the housing apocalypse that has wiped out $6.5 trillion in home equity across the country I’m sure it is manageable for people to sit back and allow for some work to be done on a much used freeway. Housing continues to be a drag on the economy because household incomes are simply facing tough times ahead. No amount of focusing on interest rates or conforming loan limits is going to increase the amount of income entering a household unless the economy improves on the jobs front. With conforming limits set to move lower soon some are arguing that the limits should be kept high for a longer duration. The five year old housing bubble is an issue of inflated housing prices so it is hard to understand why we would want to keep tools that make homes more unaffordable to Americans with more cramped incomes.
The market of distressed homes
Source: Economy.com
We still have over 2 million homes in some stage of foreclosure. The housing market has plenty of lower priced homes for supply and this is what is keeping sales moving. Families are gravitating to lower priced homes because their incomes are unable to support inflated homes that still carry the essence of the housing bubble days. The actions of the Federal Reserve buying up $1.25 trillion in mortgage backed securities simply extended the correction but also provided banks time to fix their own balance sheets. The bailouts were never about helping homeowners and the above chart should be a testament to that most obvious fact.
Underwater nation
14 million homes are in a negative equity position. Being underwater is one of the biggest predictors in forecasting future foreclosure. 6.5 million mortgages are underwater by 30 percent or more. Now keep in mind over 2 million homes are currently in foreclosure. How long would it take for a home to go up 30 percent in value in these times? Now during the bubble this would have occurred over 1 or 2 years especially here in the sunny state of California. With stagnant incomes and massive inventory home values are now back to levels last seen in 2003:
Not only are we not seeing any year-over-year price increases but home prices are actually falling. Now after five years you would think many people would get it that the demand is being driven by lower priced homes. The other outside factors like low mortgage rates or tax credits are simply short-term boosts that give a false sense of recovery. Even after trillions of dollars pumped into the system here we are in the middle of summer in 2011 and home prices are inching back closer to 2003. Why? Because household incomes never kept up with home values. It is all about the paycheck amount.
The jumbo market
Mark Zandi from Moody’s has this to say about the coming conforming limit change:
“Without an extension, Fannie and Freddie’s loan limit will fall from $729,750 in the highest- cost areas of the country to $625,000.11 FHA loan limits in these areas are likely to fall even more, since they are defined as the lesser of 115% of an area’s median-priced home or $625,000. The high-cost areas that would be significantly affected are primarily in the Northeast and California but include some parts of Florida and the Chicago metro area. The higher loan limits affected approximately $140 billion in loans originated in 2010, or less than a tenth of the $1.5 trillion in mortgages made that year (see Chart 8).â€Join our efforts to Secure America's Borders and End Illegal Immigration by Joining ALIPAC's E-Mail Alerts network (CLICK HERE)
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07-24-2011, 10:33 AM #2
Re: $729,000 govt backed mortgage affordable housing on $50,
Originally Posted by AirborneSapper7
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07-24-2011, 11:20 AM #3
Since Fannie and Freddie (Government)now own the majority of the forclosed homes, they are going to be turning them into Section 8 rentals. How is that for redistribution?
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