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Wall St. Journal article about Alan Greenspan and the Housing Market turning the corner

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Real Estate Agent with Florida Homes Realty and Mortgage

Alan Greenspan is the former Fed. chairman and someone that knows more about United States economy than anyone in the world.

I tend to agree with him that 2009 will see the floor of this market and establish a baseline to absorb the extra homes and turn the corner.  Also, it does not matter who wins the election in November.  They will get the benefit of this and claim it was because of them.  :)

Once the housing market makes an up tick, all those buyers on the fence will be ready to jump back in the market.  This will revive not only the housing market, but will help the banks and world markets confidence in the underlying strength of our economy.

The last interesting concept is allowing more skilled workers in the country.  They are the individuals that can afford to purchase homes.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121865515167837815.html?mod=residential_real_estate

 

 

Turning the Corner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by

Keith Shoemaker

Realtor

Florida Homes Realty & Mortgage

11512 Lake Mead Avenue Ste 701

Jacksonville, Fl. 32256

904-476-9117

Jerry Becker
Jerry Becker and Associates - Littleton, CO
Littleton, Colorado

I used to be a fan of Mr. Greenspan, until I saw on one of the news shows that he resisted more oversight on the mortgage business (in the selling of mortgages as financial instruments).  It was their conclusion that had he done so much of this subprime mess wouldn't have happened.

Aug 14, 2008 06:36 AM
Keith Shoemaker
Florida Homes Realty and Mortgage - Jacksonville, FL
Keith Shoemaker

After doing more research into the matter and also with the collapse since I wrote this blog post I tend to agree with you Jerry. 

 

I read a good article about Greenspan in one of the British papers, but do not have the link now.

 

The biggest problem now is the 50 Trillion dollars that they are not talking about for the "fake insurance" these companies sold along with the mortgage backed securites to make people think they were buying a good investment with less risk involved.

 

 

 

Oct 13, 2008 06:27 AM