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March 26, 2008 at 11:16 AM #176849March 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM #176857arnieParticipant
I haven’t heard anyone dispute the idea that this problem started, in part, due to loose lending standards and excessive liquidity. I’m not sure how more of the same is going to fix the problem. Lenders have to tighten loan requirements. In other words, when you find yourself in a hole . . . stop digging.
March 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM #176956arnieParticipantI haven’t heard anyone dispute the idea that this problem started, in part, due to loose lending standards and excessive liquidity. I’m not sure how more of the same is going to fix the problem. Lenders have to tighten loan requirements. In other words, when you find yourself in a hole . . . stop digging.
March 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM #176865arnieParticipantI haven’t heard anyone dispute the idea that this problem started, in part, due to loose lending standards and excessive liquidity. I’m not sure how more of the same is going to fix the problem. Lenders have to tighten loan requirements. In other words, when you find yourself in a hole . . . stop digging.
March 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM #176859arnieParticipantI haven’t heard anyone dispute the idea that this problem started, in part, due to loose lending standards and excessive liquidity. I’m not sure how more of the same is going to fix the problem. Lenders have to tighten loan requirements. In other words, when you find yourself in a hole . . . stop digging.
March 26, 2008 at 11:35 AM #176504arnieParticipantI haven’t heard anyone dispute the idea that this problem started, in part, due to loose lending standards and excessive liquidity. I’m not sure how more of the same is going to fix the problem. Lenders have to tighten loan requirements. In other words, when you find yourself in a hole . . . stop digging.
March 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM #176907crParticipant“Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow”. – Alan Zibel and J.W. Elphinstone
“Just when the entire world economy needed banks to stop lending money to anyone with a pulse, they found new and ‘innovative’ ways to lend money to groups never before able to purchase a home.”
– Anyone with a brain in 2004-05Banks may also realize that $100,000 lent today at 5%, is going to be worth $75,000 in 5 years thanks to +10% inflation.
March 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM #176908crParticipant“Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow”. – Alan Zibel and J.W. Elphinstone
“Just when the entire world economy needed banks to stop lending money to anyone with a pulse, they found new and ‘innovative’ ways to lend money to groups never before able to purchase a home.”
– Anyone with a brain in 2004-05Banks may also realize that $100,000 lent today at 5%, is going to be worth $75,000 in 5 years thanks to +10% inflation.
March 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM #176915crParticipant“Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow”. – Alan Zibel and J.W. Elphinstone
“Just when the entire world economy needed banks to stop lending money to anyone with a pulse, they found new and ‘innovative’ ways to lend money to groups never before able to purchase a home.”
– Anyone with a brain in 2004-05Banks may also realize that $100,000 lent today at 5%, is going to be worth $75,000 in 5 years thanks to +10% inflation.
March 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM #176553crParticipant“Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow”. – Alan Zibel and J.W. Elphinstone
“Just when the entire world economy needed banks to stop lending money to anyone with a pulse, they found new and ‘innovative’ ways to lend money to groups never before able to purchase a home.”
– Anyone with a brain in 2004-05Banks may also realize that $100,000 lent today at 5%, is going to be worth $75,000 in 5 years thanks to +10% inflation.
March 26, 2008 at 3:24 PM #177006crParticipant“Just when consumers and the U.S. economy need banks to lend more freely, the mortgage industry is making it harder to borrow”. – Alan Zibel and J.W. Elphinstone
“Just when the entire world economy needed banks to stop lending money to anyone with a pulse, they found new and ‘innovative’ ways to lend money to groups never before able to purchase a home.”
– Anyone with a brain in 2004-05Banks may also realize that $100,000 lent today at 5%, is going to be worth $75,000 in 5 years thanks to +10% inflation.
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