It would be churlish not to think today’s strong existing home numbers were good. But there is an aspect of it that worries me.
The tax credit is $8000. FHA loans require 3.5 percent down payments. Consider the position of an unscrupulous investor in housing. He gets someone to front for him as a first time buyer on a $200,000 house. He puts $7,000 down, and then collects the $8,000 credit. He pays the front person a commission of $500. So the investor gets $500 plus the house. If the house goes up in value, he sells; if not, he walks.
Of course, we have no recent experience with this kind of behavior….
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