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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Post-Crash Index-Moderated -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (29291)	7/16/2011 10:11:57 PM
From: John Vosilla	Respond to of 119362

How is owner occupied housing comparable to an investment in the business sector to begin with? A better comparison would be investment RE versus other businesses. Also larger homes create a spillover effect to many related businesses.. Key is can you really afford the payments on a fixed rate amortizing loan.. Why do GOP hacks conveniently forget the only time we really pushed housing as a driver for the economy was the ownership society whose goal was the 2004 elections and the net result was an explosion in property values and new construction from 2002-06.....