My understanding is mortgage insurance really only benefits the banks - not going to do anything to ease the pain of people who can't / can no longer afford the roof they're camped under. Beg to differ with you Bobby - if the First buyers scheme isn't extended and unemployment keeps rising, ordinary house prices are going to sink like a stone.
it enables lenders to go to the market to raise capital,without it the system would collapse. My valuers doing not see the under 500k market sinking ,but yep unemployment is the key.One thing we have in our favour in Australia is a shortage of housing about 86,000 units,unlike the US where its about 1.5 homes per person.
I can't believe I've had another end of week windfall. Sold MQG @ >$30. Thanks scud! Was probably silly to sell before it got to $120, but a win is a win.
first time in a long time i can pick and choose the good from the bad, and not pay over the top in wages.
easy to say but a lot of good people 's lives can be changed for ever in times like now.The 50 year old migrant whom loses his/her job might never work again. I'm more worried about civil unrest if unemployemnt goes over 12% in western countries,that is when society's like ours will collapse.
your not a pup your a business man,its from my end having been in finance all my life,job loss may cause loss of home,then a marriage collapse and it goes on from their. I'm a beliver in times like this corporation need to keep people on and look to the future rather then the feathering their own corporate greed.
The Yanks look like they're going to come out shooting. Boom in Gun Sales Fueled by Politics and the Economy http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1889886,00.html The National Guard carried out a "gun confiscation drill" in Ohio a couple of weeks ago. http://www.carrollspaper.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=7451&SectionID=1&SubSectionID=&S=1 Could be on for young and old. soon.