Saturday, January 02, 2010

Well, It Looks Like I Made One Good Decision In 2009

Mortgage Modifications Are Seen As Adding To Housing Woes

American Dream 2: Default, Then Rent

No, I know I made more than one, but the news/realizations about the housing market coming out bolster my faith in myself enormously. Check out the graphics section of that second article--it's truly scary.

5 comments:

Cookbook said...

(sometimes I fantasize about defaulting).

Kerry said...

(how bad do you think it is?)

Cookbook said...

(my guess is I could handle it. No kids, no plans to have any, no real desire to ever own property again, at least not in the near future).

Kerry said...

(my logic exactly. also would rather pull the plug and suffer now as opposed to later. but also, I had special tax law on my side and pmi. check with an attorney before doing anything.)

Kerry said...

Check out this article too:

http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WalkingAway1029.pdf