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Fiendish Thingy

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9. It only took 8% of borrowers in arrears to trigger the housing collapse of 2008

Reply to nmmi (Reply #8)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 05:56 PM

Jan 2025

An accumulation of distressed and motivated sellers (death, divorce, downsizing, job transfer) could bring prices down, even if other owners are reluctant to sell due to “golden handcuffs”.

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30Y Mortgage rate 6.91%, highest level since early July. AND NO, INTEREST RATES ARE NOT COMING DOWN [View all] nmmi Jan 2025 OP

What do you mean interest rates aren't coming down? dem4decades Jan 2025 #1

"Why won't interest rates go down?" - because ponies are very high maintenance items, a crushing economic burden nmmi Jan 2025 #2

I guess it's only old fogies like me who remember Jrsygrl96 Jan 2025 #3

My post didn't say that "like mortgage rates are higher than they've ever been" nmmi Jan 2025 #4

Good! Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #5

No, its not good. Yeah, the aspect that private equity and corporate owners will have a tougher time is nice, nmmi Jan 2025 #6

If people can't qualify for mortgages at current prices, prices will have to come down Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #7

Enough people are qualifying for mortgages to keep prices going up, and have been for years nmmi Jan 2025 #8

It only took 8% of borrowers in arrears to trigger the housing collapse of 2008 Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #9

I don't doubt that an economic collapse is quite possible, and it will solve the inflation problem too (for some time), nmmi Jan 2025 #10

Collapse is bad; conditions, including high mortgage rates, that bring down prices- definitely good. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2025 #11

Only if they bring down mortgage payments, or temper the increase. Otherwise definitely bad if we have mortgage nmmi Jan 2025 #12