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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:32 AM Original message |
As rates rise, home foreclosures surge |
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madaboutharry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. Paul Krugman warned of this |
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joneschick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. this Jones locked a 30 year at 5.25 in June of '03 |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
74. This Lost locked in a30-year at 5.5 in April '05 |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:46 AM Response to Reply #74 |
77. This found locked in 5.625 30 year June '05 |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That "Keep up with the Joneses" mentality |
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Nashyra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. $129,000 |
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AnOhioan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #6 |
9. You are right. $129,000.00 is not a McMansion |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 09:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. 129k Home In Dallas? |
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conflictgirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Not necessarily true |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
75. $1,3000 is a really high mortgage for a 129k house |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #75 |
78. We have very high Property Taxes.. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:07 AM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Ah! Okay.... that could explain it |
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MadMaddie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #4 |
18. So true...when you have a President after a major attack |
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fakingit (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:00 AM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Agree |
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pokercat999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:38 AM Response to Reply #46 |
47. 100% in the last 40 years? Better check your math. |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. not so much about people wanting more than they can afford |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
26. Stable employment is also a key factor |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Yours is the true story for the vast majority |
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DiscussTheTruth (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Agree. Might be joining them shortly if it keeps up. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:30 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. Welcome to DU! |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. "The Disposable American: Layoffs and Their Consequences" |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:24 AM Response to Reply #26 |
43. I feel for you and hope it gets better! |
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Maine-ah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 05:44 AM Response to Reply #26 |
48. If I could nominate a single post in a thread, yours would be it. |
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JNelson6563 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:14 AM Response to Reply #26 |
70. Sorry to hear of all this |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Krugman tells it like it is |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
2. when they got their mortgages they |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:59 AM Response to Original message |
7. Gack! $1,300 to $2,000 A MONTH? |
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jerry611 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Many people have bad or zero credit |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
69. I looked up 10% for twenty years. The most it could be with |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #69 |
76. Did they have a bankruptcy, and so have really high interest? |
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Porcupine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
8. You can buy a house for $129K in Atlanta? |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. On Long Island, too |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. 2 bdrm condos in San Diego are $400,000.00. |
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tanyev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
27. The $129K house is in a Dallas suburb, which sounds about right. |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
11. The economic illiteracy of the average American.. |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:17 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. How much can you protect people from themselves? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:14 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. rates have been so historically low these last few years |
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Boomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:21 AM Response to Reply #41 |
56. And it also begs the obvious |
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UpInArms (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 08:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
31. Greenspan advocated for ARMs in 2004 |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 09:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Why am I not.. |
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survivor999 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:49 PM Response to Reply #31 |
59. I remember that... |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
40. I can't believe this sentence...like what does the word |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
13. ouch. |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:08 PM Response to Original message |
14. $2,000.00 per month, |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "The bank takes it all." |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:23 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Well, I had heard that the bank |
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sadiesworld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I really questioned whether to post that response b/c |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
16. Its time for them to SELL ... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. what kind of rate do they have on that $129,000? |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 02:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. James Kunstler has been warning about this for ages! |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 02:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
42. MSM is now doing these stories |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:11 PM Response to Original message |
24. And Yet Some Heartless Folks Will Say: "Oh Well..." |
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sendero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:49 AM Response to Reply #24 |
81. Same as the heartless.. |
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mwooldri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
82. Some folks have lived through similar crap before like this. |
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VegasWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
25. Asking how much will I pay when my rate goes up does not seem |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
28. Agreed, this is a greedy mess. Some may qualify for ARM IO pay option |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. The (Temporary) Ownership Society. |
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Spike from MN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. Looks like the same is happening in MN. |
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GetTheRightVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-27-06 11:58 PM Response to Original message |
36. Could it be due in small part to wages being kept low by illegal aliens |
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NorthernSpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 03:49 AM Response to Reply #36 |
44. for working class people, that's certainly part of it... |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 04:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Minimum wage workers don't qualify for home loans |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 01:36 AM Response to Original message |
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Moderator (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
49. Kick |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
50. Mortgage defaults on rise (Chicago Tribune) |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 06:26 AM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Foreclosures also up due to rising interest rates for adjustable mortgages |
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Mabel Dodge (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
52. kick |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
53. If the housing market "cools," what happens to rates? |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:06 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. The prime rate is driven by other things.... |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-28-06 10:09 AM Response to Reply #54 |
55. So it's not just to "keep inflation in check"? |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
60. Kick |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Original message |
61. Mortgage defaults on rise |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Too freakin bad.... |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #62 |
64. I feel sorry for the people who lost their jobs |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. We've been raised on consumerism... |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
68. Exactly... |
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InkAddict (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Yup, children's shoes and school supplies |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 04:03 AM Response to Reply #64 |
67. I agree.... |
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Trajan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #61 |
63. In all fairness .... |
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Theduckno2 (905 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 03:25 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. Civility indeed! |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 06:32 AM Response to Reply #63 |
71. People here could hardly help it |
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pooja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-29-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Totally agree |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-30-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
80. I always like to think of myself |
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