The housing market is generally David’s corner, but I thought this article on the reaction to the recent agreement to freeze certain subprime loan interest rates was worth pointing out. An excerpt:
Politicians need to appeal not only to people at risk of losing their homes but also to those such as Ben Sullivan, who sees the agreement as a undeserved bailout. After the 2001 technology stock bust, many people lost significant value in their retirement plans, Sullivan said. “No one was offering to pay for their 401(k) losses. Why should they do it for their housing losses?” said the 28-year-old commercial banker.
Sullivan lived in the District for years and watched as his friends flipped condominiums and investment properties. “I think we shouldn’t be bailing out the homeowners that got greedy buying homes they couldn’t afford,” said Sullivan, who moved to Atlanta nine months ago.