HOW DO RENTERS THINK??

More up-to-date info from John Burns.....

Single Family Renters are different from other renters because they:
  - Have higher incomes
  - Have lower credit scores
  - Have larger households with more kids
  - Are less likely to believe their rent will increase
  - Are more likely to intend to buy a home someday (70% to 59%)
  - Value safety more, and surprisingly see single-family homes as a safer environment

Single-family and multifamily renters bear some resemblance to each other. They both:
  - Believe homeownership makes more sense than renting
  - Believe obtaining a mortgage is very difficult
  - Believe owning provides a safer environment than renting
  - Do not believe home prices will go up in the next year
  - Are not concerned about losing their job in the next year

The two main differences are:
  - Multifamily renters are more likely to anticipate a rent hike (53% to 44%)
  - Single-family renters find credit to be the biggest hurdle to homeownership (29%) while multifamily renters find income to be the biggest hurdle (25%).

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Courtesy of:
 John Burns Real Estate Consulting, LLC
16485 Laguna Canyon Road, Suite 130
Irvine, California 92618

Bernanke Calls For Nationwide REO Rental Program

From an article written on  1-4-12  by  Jacob Gaffney. 

The government should consider helping the nation's vacant, unsold stock of foreclosed properties by supporting initiatives to occupy.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke believes that one aspect should be a government support program that allows renters to move into those houses.

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My Reply......


RIDICULOUS !!   Private industry (entrepreneurial) is already in full gear and moving forward.  Why cut that off?
Multi-family market is growing and catching up to where it should be.  There should always be a decent balance of SF homes and MF homes.
Finally, letting natural market forces (supply & demand) work will always be best for America.  Many forget that this is one of the main foundations that built the USA's  World Class economy!

We do not need the Fed's jumping in late and stepping on our toes.  How foolish of our Congress Persons to believe they will not cause even greater problems.

Most important...why would we allow the highly profitable Banking industry to once again take control???

signed,  a TRUE AMERICAN








PS:  Just read the Blog below this one to see what happens when our Government steps in & over corrects on a problem....
Crushing our beloved Veterans again.   

RENTALS are UP, UP, UP !@%$%#$$

Apartments for Rent at Realtor.com
Rental demand, tight mortgage money, changing attudes about renting, demographic shifts --


-but mostly rental demand -- prompted Realtor.com to add apartments to its listings.

Full Story: http://realtytimes.com/rtpages/20111103_apartments.htm