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Homeowner Equity Points Down The Road To Serfdom

Posted on 18 June 2010. Tags: agencies, american peasants, austrian economic theory, austrian economics, Big Brother, blog economics, blog political, blog politics, blog real estate, blogging political, blogging real estate, bubble real estate, buyer real estate, buying real estate, capital, capital structure, capitalism, conspiracy theory, crash, debt, debt capital, deflation, department housing urban, Department of Housing and Urban Development, depression, diluting currency, dollar, Economics, economics blog, economics blogging, economics real estate, equity, equity capital, Fannie Mae, federal agencies, federal housing administration, federal national mortgage association, federal reserve, federal reserve flow of funds, feudalism, fha, financing real estate, fiscal policy, FNM, Freddie Mac, government, government policy, great recession, holc, homeowner society, homeowners, homeowners loan corporation, homes, housing, housing bubble, housing bubble crash, housing policy, housing politics, housing recession, HUD, hyperinflation, inflation, institutions, interest rates mortgage, liquidity, monetary policy, mortgage, mortgage interest rates, mortgage rates, mortgages, ownership society, peasants, policy, policy housing, political, political blog, political blogging, political policy, Politics, politics blog, property, public institutions, quantitative easing, rates mortgage, Real Estate, real estate blog, real estate blogging, real estate bubble, real estate bubble crash, real estate buyers, real estate buying, real estate economics, real estate financing, real estate policies, real estate policy, real property, Road to Serfdom, serfdom, serfdom road, theory conspiracy, transfer ownership, U.S. dollar, urban housing, USD

The capital structure of US real estate assets has been in a long process of change. By subsidizing real estate and making mortgage debt artificially cheaper than equity capital, the US government has been effectively transferring real estate ownership from individuals to lending institutions and the Federal Reserve. Here’s how this game has been unfolding, and a warning to Americans that they will one day wake up in a country where most people live as feudalistic peasants, beholden to their banking and political overlords. Continue Reading

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Contributing Factors to the Housing Boom

Posted on 24 September 2008. Tags: EPA, federal funds rate, housing boom, housing bubble, HUD, Investing, land use regulation, monetary policy, Real Estate, Rob Viglione, speculation

I read an article today that brought up two great points: Housing bubbles are worse in localities with high land use regulations, and federal housing policies geared towards subsidizing low-income homebuyers encourage folks who can’t afford to buy to do so anyway. Tag on ridiculously low federal funds interest rates for way too long and you have a recipe for disaster. Continue Reading

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