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Solving The Housing Crisis

Posted by George Pasley on November 9, 2007

Forbes has an article about solving the housing crisis that we going through. The article is located here. Here are the 10 ways they listed:

1. Federal Oversight Of Lending Industry

2. Restore Investor Faith

3. Expand The Scope Of Fannie, Freddie And The FHA

4. Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

5. Cut Prices And Construction

6. Non-Agency Loans Need To Return To The Market

7. Investors Need To Learn From Their Mistakes

8. Don’t Cut Rates, Cut Inventory By Any Means Possible

9. Buyers Need To Look At The Market In A Long-Term Sense

10. Buyers Need To Realistically Assess What A Price Trough Means

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