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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:09 AM Original message |
Mortgage Applications Drop Even as Rates Fall |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. And yet home sales rise - Banks "selling" homes to their own divisions? |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Anything to keep that bubble inflated at least a little bit, eh? |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
24. or- the people who are doing the buying are the kind of people who don't need to take out mortgages. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. The more I read, the more I believe this "recovery" is in reality |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:19 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. that's exactly what it is: voodoo economics |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:47 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. This is something worse than Voodoo economics |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:21 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. The banks are making real money - for banks... |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. The stimulus made job losses a little less horrific |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:30 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. How exactly does Congress prevent a company from shutting down a plant? |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You don't |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Agreed however other countries can also encourage the same |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Other countries have been doing that for years |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Fines and tariffs |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:34 AM Response to Original message |
10. Maybe this means people are actually saving up, paying cash, in lieu of other investments. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:37 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That doesn't make much sense |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. People got out of the stock market. Not everyone was totally broke and some... |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:56 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. *Someone* was buying homes with cash - more likely banks selling to their own divisions |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Still doesn't make sense |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 10:13 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Still makes next to no sense. |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Thank you for taking a different angle than me |
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KharmaTrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
18. Credit Remains Tight... |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. This article is about applications |
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Junkdrawer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
22. LOL - At least 2 unrecs... |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
23. . |
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Nikki Stone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-18-09 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. If hyperinflation is coming, the banks would rather keep the property |
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