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Old 04-14-2024, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by Boomer View Post
The big and important difference now is that buyers have to actually qualify for mortgages.

I could see that mess coming when all that was going on. I am not an economist. It was so obvious.

Money was too damned cheap and easy. Mortgage brokers were allowed to run amok with drive-by appraisals and stated assets loans. Then came the derivatives. That whole ugly mess was the result of pure unrestrained greed — all around.

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I remember derivatives and the "GENIUS" that gave his blessing. Something always seemed wrong about the concept.