The Affordable Mortgage Depression: Chart: Homeownership Equity at a Record Low

The Affordable Mortgage Depression

Government policies were designed to increase homeownership. Affordable Mortgages, created to realize this goal, were responsible for the Housing Bubble and distorted the economy. The unwinding of these distortions will result in a Global Depression.

Back to Main Page
Explanation of Economic Thesis
Origin of the Housing Bubble
Why Stimulus Can't Work
Highlighted Articles
Open Inquiry to Readers
- A Centrally Important Housing Market Question
Bernanke's Failure
Repeating the Mistakes of The Great Depression
The Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse
The CPI Inflation Fraud
- The Government Ignores Housing Inflation
Public Policy Suggestions
- Common Sense Solution to Health Care Problems
Responses to Housing Stabilization Proposals
Frequent AMD Principals
Origin and Purpose
- Blog Background
The Author Has Abandoned the U.S. in Pursuit of Prosperity
Subscribe

Blog Post
May 2012

Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Monthly Archives
The AMD (2006 - 2013)
Recent Comments
1. Joe Fratolill on Origin of the Housing Bubble: “The National Homeownership Strategy”
  1/12/2012
2. steve bourg on Origin of the Housing Bubble: “The National Homeownership Strategy”
  1/8/2012
3. Angie on Origin of the Housing Bubble: “The National Homeownership Strategy”
  10/14/2011
4. sbourg on CBO Projections Show Little Improvement in Unemployment Rate Through 2013; Stimulus Spending Ineffective
  8/24/2011
5. steve-oh on Crack in Sidewalk, Thought to Be from Earthquake, Gives Obama Another Excuse for Missing Economic Recovery
  8/24/2011
6. steve bourg on It Only Took $107 Billion of Federal Reserve Loans to Save Morgan Stanley
  8/23/2011
7. Mac on It Took Two Centuries for the United States to Earn Its "Risk Free" Credit Rating. It Took the Obama Administration Two and a Half Years to Destroy That Rating.
  8/7/2011
8. John Northup on Case Shiller Index Analysis - January 2011
  6/2/2011
9. sbourg on Case Shiller Index Analysis - January 2011
  4/3/2011
10. steve bourg on Housing Armageddon Arrives Just in Time for the Holidays
  10/25/2010
Emailed Comments or Requests are Valued
dismalreality@gmail.com
Quick Search

Search only in titles: Keyword:

Search in:

Date Range:

Advanced Search

Basic Search
Category Archives
Syndicate

The Affordable Mortgage Depression: Chart: Homeownership Equity at a Record Low

Chart: Homeownership Equity at a Record Low

Homeownership equity is at record lows and collapsing despite a decade of house appreciation. Owners levered homes to record levels despite prices at unsustainable valuations. Housing prices are now falling while the debt from a decade of transactions and refinancings persists. Low and falling homeowner equity bodes poorly for the economy, the future of home prices and the duration of the housing malaise.