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"WALKING AWAY" IS A MAJOR TREND---LET'S NOT PUT OUR HEADS IN THE SAND!
Great read to ponder...
IF YOU WATCHED 60 MINUTES LAST NIGHT ON CBS, YOU TOO CAN SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL! Homeowners are considering walking away from "underwater" homes---and they are doing it in great numbers. These are not your "subprime" mortgage foreclosure---they are average homeowners who have been making payments and CAN AFFORD to keep paying! They choose to move on because they do not see a future in their homes!!!

FALLING HOME VALUES. This is still A REAL ISSUE TO CONSIDER......prices are still falling , and may fall further! Let's not put our heads in the sand---we need to act now! With attention on the seriously underwater middle class homeowners, walking away from their obligations, we now have another possible situation that will cut into the already lower home prices.
Falling home values have not stopped--they may have slowed somewhat in certain markets, but prices are still coming down! With foreclosures still a factor and short sales increasing each month, we need to take a long hard look at what we need to do in order to prevent further erosion in the housing market....What we DO have in our favor are BUYERS!...People are looking to buy in this market because of percieved ... more

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