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No, I think flippers will be broke. Besides, weren’t flippers were paying lots of capital gains and boosting property tax rolls?
They didn’t go after traders after the dot.com bust.
I don’t know who they’ll go after, but if they do, it’ll probably be somebody with money.
It’s not about making any real change or recouping any losses. It’s purely the blame game, so that politicians can say they’ve done something to “protect” the poor sheep.
The fact that most flippers will be flipping burgers instead of houses (if they didn’t get out in time) makes it even more likely they will be blamed.
What’s the difference between a flipper and a couple purchasing a fixer upper in expectation of appreciation and moving up next year? Seems to me that 80% of that market was comprised of flippers.
Flippers are just pursuing the American Dream. Unless we vote Communist in 2008 I don’t think Congress isn’t going to penalize people who are working within the system to get ahead.
It’ll be lenders and appraisers, and not necessarily in that order, who will be held responsible for the excesses.
You really think it will be flippers who get blamed and not loose lending standards and ARMs?