Posted on 14 June 2009
Tags: Affordability, affordability programs, bad mortgages, Banks, buyers, Credit rating agencies, Debt, financial speculation, foreclosures, GDP, government, gross domestic product, house prices, investment, investors, mortgage investment, Real Estate, salaries, Unemployment, US economy, US Housing Crash
It is not possible to recover the US economy unless house prices are allowed to fall to such levels that can be easily paid by an individual on a normal salary. Housing “affordability” programs are the prime evil of the economy due to which debt is encouraged; this makes prices higher, not lower.
True Affordability
What true affordability means is not more debt but it rather means lower prices. More debt has been created by the government’s false affordability programs that can ever possibly be repaid. Credit rating agencies are speaking falsely about the value of this debt, scaring off investors.

The economy will work again when house prices finally fall to affordable levels, instead of investing on financial speculation, there will be investment based on real production, jobs will be created, and people will earn and spent money.
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Posted on 08 March 2009
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