New Mortgage Limits: Another Hurdle for the Housing Market?

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richardbrown633 of CA 7:36AM May 29, 2012

Free the Housing Market! (So I can finally buy a home).

Jeb of NY 9:40AM July 18, 2011

The assertion that buyers will be hurt because it's harder to get a big loan is absurd. If it's harder to get big loans, prices will come down until they're low enough that there are sufficient buyers who can get loans. Sellers lose (value that they never really had), but buyers are even better off. As a potential buyer two years into saving up for a big down payment, I say remove all the supports! Make housing affordable again!

Ross Bagley of CA 12:31PM July 15, 2011

Why is the conforming limit still so high? $625000 for the middle-of-the-market? People who buy at such elevated prices must be totally nuts. It's these morons who delay the inevitable bottoming of the market. Still a lot of optimism in the housing market which means the bottom is a ways away.

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kevinwilson37 of CA 6:07AM July 14, 2011

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