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Did you See This

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Real Estate Agent with TIM LORENZ - Elite Home Sales Team DRE# 00919781

Did you see this in the Wall Street Journal today on the front page had a piece of news that we should all pay attention.  It will cause a change to lending and to real estate as we know it.  Did you see this as the change that it truely is.

It showed that we have one in four that are now in default and probably more on the way.  What that means is that a large number of consumers who own homes cannot pay their mortgages.  That does not say they were in difficult loans.  It does say that we need jobs.  If we continue to spend money and ignor the jobs we will see this number increase.

One in four who cannot get a loan or refinance there homes.  Their credit will have some heavy negatives.

So what is the way out of this mess?  Those folks cannot get into the market if they do sell so 25% not counting those who have already done short sales or the banks foreclosed on.  Again how do we get out of this mess?

Comments (4)

John Mulkey
TheHousingGuru.com - Waleska, GA
Housing Guru

Tim - The only way out is by re-starting the economy with lots of jobs.  No amount of stimulus will do it. If the government expects to restore the housing market, they must create millions of new jobs will stimulate the creation of new households.  Nothing else will work.

Nov 24, 2009 09:56 AM
James K Barath, CMPS
Canopy Mortgage, LLC - Crown Point, IN
FICO Pro, Certified Military Housing Specialist

I agree with John Mulkey on this. All the stimulus money should be focused on direct job growth in this country. Otherwise, the news headline that you reference will only get worse as it has done over the past 12 months.

Nov 24, 2009 10:54 AM
Elite Home Sales Team
Elite Home Sales Team OC - Corona del Mar, CA
A Tenacious and Skilled Real Estate Team

We cannot let the gov. spend another dime on stimulus we must creat jobs.

Nov 24, 2009 04:13 PM
Kathryn Gorham
Green Key Realty - Emerald Isle, NC
Emerald Isle NC Crystal Coast

Tim - the only thing that came to mind reading your post was ... one step at a time. Any quatum shifts to "FIX" things will surely implode on us some day so the only way out is one step at a time.

Nov 25, 2009 12:39 AM