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To: Alex Murphy

>>People are complaining about one-hundredth of one percent? Get back to me when we hit those high-teens double-digit interest rates that highlighted the Carter administration.<<

I was thinking the same. Up until about 10 years ago, you were lucky to get a rate below 8%! And, I remember a friend of mine bought his house with a 14% loan in the late 70s.

This is a bunch “the sky is falling” nonsense about nothing.


9 posted on 04/25/2014 10:00:57 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (Fight Tapinophobia in all its forms! Do not submit to arduus privilege.)
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To: freedumb2003

Our first home in 1987 we paid 10%. Now we are paying somewhere around 3.5% on a 10 year note. That’s less than what my parents paid in 1962. But every hike will drive buyers out of the market and lower demand.


14 posted on 04/25/2014 10:25:00 AM PDT by henkster
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