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Weekly Highlights 20 May 2011 | |
This is the table that accompanies the weekly economic review article at Global Economic Intersection: Inflation About to Grab Hold? Continue reading at Analysis→ | |
Shiller Explains How to Use his Trailing PE Ratio | |
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The Two Mortgage, Two House Trap | |
Econintersect: According to an article by Kate Ashford at Bundle.com, some people are making a big mistake. The error? Playing roulette with home ownership and buying one home with a mortgage before thay have sold the previous home, which also has a mortgage is always a gamble. In the current real estate markets in many parts of the country it can be a long odds bet. In a strong housing market the bet has much shorter odds of going bad. But the nation has many more weak markets than strong markets today. Read more at News � | |
Seller Financed Mortgages Make Comeback | |
Econintersect: They were popular in the 1980s when mortgage rates from banks got as high as 18%. Now they are being used in increasing numbers again. The device, usually called a "seller financed mortgage," covers any time payment by a buyer to a seller. They can be the only way to make a home sale to someone who has very poor credit. Someone who has a bankruptcy or a recent mortgage foreclosure has possibly two options in purchasing another home: (1) win the lottery or (2) make a time payment deal with the seller. Read more at News � | |
Explosive Fusion of World Geopolitical Dislocation and the Global Economic and Financial Crisis | |
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