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Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
Yup, because the comment was listed under and to the right of mine... BTW: Maybe meds would be helpful, because then I would not care about anything other than myself! Hey, I wonder if all our Leaders are on meds!— March 31, 2011 2:33 p.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
1. Suggest that you notify everyone you know and see if any of them can help you in your time of need. 2. Consider having someone move in with you to help pay the bills. 3. Contact ALL your congressmen (local and State) and make an appointment to speak to their local Rep.'s , getting them to write a letter to your mortgage company can sometimes do wonders. 4. Don't give up, seek advice; someone was telling me today about a Lawyer that charges no upfront costs but makes their money suing your mortgage Company for not completing all your required paperwork properly and in a timely fashion! 5. Network with others in the same situation, to learn from them what works and what does not work. 6. Stay Positive. Good Luck!— March 31, 2011 2:28 p.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
HA HA Never been on any! Looked outside lately? BTW: Even the Apple store at UTC (on a semi-holiday) was uncrowded today at noon.— March 31, 2011 12:20 p.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
Part of my above post got cut off! (Are their word limits now?) Part2: If I am right, now is the time to really shore up against the tough times ahead, where ever more folks just will just not have enough to make ends meet! Group houses will stretch already stretched public infrastructure, as additional low/low mod housing DENSITY is thrust upon all non wealthy neighborhoods located outside of Downtown. In many parts of America, the educated ex-middle class (now unemployed) "new poor" will join will the chronic poor to protest in mass against the "Privileged Majority" and all the certain cuts in entitlement programs. Here in San Diego, we will probably see some quiet orderly protests, as some "radicals" (like those commenting on this topic) call for social justice, but all in all, our Leaders will keep doing what they do best, smiling at the voters while counting the days until they too are on the Pension Train. They will continue to sell out our quality of life via privatization to well connected special interests, deciding to fund Fat pensions, stadiums and convention centers instead of things San Diego desperately needs like a desalinization plant. Example: Water will become 4 times more valuable and it will be sold by the liter instead of the gallon, generating additional money for the City as our Leaders push water saving restrictions while avoiding any and all fiscal (money saving) restrictions!— March 31, 2011 9:14 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
Our "Leadership" is very busy making sure that they are going to be "fat" when they get out of Office... I'd point my finger at GREED as the cause of most the problems in the USA! If a few folks are greedy then we have continued to prosper but when just about all Leaders (even down to the Council Level) have been borrowing from the future to finance their supporters (and their own) outrageous pensions then at some point the system collapses; which is exactly where we are now! Housing will wallow then go further down as less and less folks are able to qualify for home loans because the Big Banks are too busy making money from the Fed to loan any of it out! I also look for a readjustment to the value of the Dollar, like Mexico did after NAFTA, with the NEW Dollar worth about what $100 old Dollars was worth. This would allow America to pay off foreign debts at a fraction of todays debt and to recalculate all the things like Social Security payments that are fixed to inflation but not linked to any Dollar "readjustment"...— March 31, 2011 7:55 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
3% fixed would look real good to all those with 4.25% and higher... How about posting a link to help all those that have higher mortgages!— March 30, 2011 7:34 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
Surprise, it has already started... The next 5 years will see big movements of folks away from "flyover" states toward the Sunbelt as disappearing jobs and large travel distances force folks to "walk away" from where they have been living. Now if problems get really bad in Japan, I could envision many of them could relocate to the USA and take advantage of all the housing "deals" available now, especially in Cities with large asian populations! If we are really lucky, they will relocate their manufacturing jobs with them!— March 30, 2011 7:31 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
Right On. Especially if they want to avoid the Urban Blight that is spreading from Downtown SD.— March 30, 2011 7:26 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
To downsize, to take some of the equity out of their home, to relocate away from what has become a too-urbanized area or ALL of the above. For many their home is ALL of their "retirement" that is left...— March 30, 2011 7:24 a.m.
Case-Shiller Data Suggest Possible Housing Double-Dip
I'm with Wayne on this issue although all those with low property taxes are now feeling "trapped" in their homes as they do not want to have to sell in this market even though they might also 1035 exchange or buy in this market in another area!— March 29, 2011 3:51 p.m.