[quote=Rich Toscano]Right, nobody can argue that it’s a positive, but is it a significant negative?
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Hey, I can argue that it’s a positive.

Right now we have one continuous market up to about $900k.

When the hammer falls, we’ll have two markets. One up to $700k where anyone can buy with 20% down and borrow the rest at 4.5%; and the other above $700k, where you have to put 30% down and borrow at 5.5%.

This is bad for the second market (but it is not a big deal, because people selling houses above $700k have a lot of wherewithal), but it increases activity across the market for the rest of us.