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CHANGE: THE RETURN OF NO-MONEY-DOWN: ?Having negative equity is very, very dangerous. And that?s ?

By Glenn Reynolds

CHANGE: THE RETURN OF NO-MONEY-DOWN: “Having negative equity is very, very dangerous. And that’s what a no-money-down borrower has in this market, because prices aren’t rising much, and they need to find thousands of dollars to pay broker commissions and closing costs if they want to sell. What truly boggles the mind is that the government still thinks that it’s somehow a good idea to help push people with basically no savings into homeownership. Do they want to make sure that a whole new class of financially marginal people can enjoy the benefits of foreclosure?”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on September 14, 2010 (boomark / email).