“Like the ghosts in the movie Poltergeist II, theyyyy’rrreee baaaccckkkk! So notes this morning’s Wall Street Journal, cheerfully proclaiming: ‘A rebound in house prices and near-record-low interest rates are prompting homeowners to borrow against their properties, marking the return of a practice that was all the rage before the financial crisis.’ The story goes on to note that home equity lending hit $59 billion last year, the highest level (excluding the housing bubble years) since 2000. The most popular product? A ‘HELOC’ or Home Equity Line of Credit. The bad news? These are the kinds of products that helped blow up the entire banking industry.”
http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/home-equity-lending-back-really-61757
Related posts:
Kyle Bass Warns: "The 'AIG' Of The World Is Back"
ID3 Hopes You’ll Opt-In to Your Own Surveillance
GDP Was Strong in Q3; Why Did That Happen?
Antigua set to bypass US copyright law with WTO green-lit media, software sales website
Facebook blocks RT from posting until after Trump inauguration
Brett Kavanaugh's Soft Spot for Police Abuses
IRS Drops Further Appeals On Invalidated Tax Preparer Regulation
Redress for Aaron Swartz Is Not on the Way Despite White House Petition
San Francisco bacon restaurant forced to close over smell
Tax Collectors Grow More Aggressive; Payers Caught in the Middle
Study: Public Transit Cannot Succeed Without Punishing Drivers
Flying and Driving with Weed: The 2013 Holidays
Masked DEA Agents Raid Innocent Women, Refuse To Reveal Identities
NSA Whistleblower Bill Binney, and His Ordeal
Circle Financial Receives $17m To Fund Bitcoin Exchange and Wallet