Rising home prices and rents have already made things difficult for would-be home buyers, and inflation adds fuel to the fire causing both prices and mortgage rates to increase.The Federal Reserve likes to see an inflation rate of around 2%.With the current rate being far beyond that, they are using the the federal funds rate - the rate at which banks lend money to each other - in hopes to rein it in.

If you can live anywhere in the world and money is no object, SoCal is a great choice.Over the last several years, government mismanagement, high taxes, politics, and perhaps specifically rampant homelessness and associated problems have led to folks leaving the state.

👉Stock Market RisksCompared to real estate, the stock market is much more sensitive to exogenous factors and systematic risk, like interest rate changes by the Federal Reserve.

The reason is that the Government does not want them daisy-chained together to avoid taxes.

I'm with Bob Marley on this one "Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our mind"  -- not even the US Government

Wondering if anyone can comment on:1.) https://www.lakecountyha.org/p...Do you know if the payment standards listed in this link are what the government will pay for with renting to section 8 in these zip codes?

Finally, the VA loan is insured by an agency of the Federal government, and as such any laws pertaining to said loan supersede state law; not that I have a clue what you’re talking about when you say the VA can’t insure a loan in Maine.Either you’ve totally misunderstood or someone’s pulling your leg.

Folks that own such properties are going to be in denial about the market value of their home that can't get a Fannie loan for a while, and on top of that the federal gov't just gave them 3-12 months wherein they don't have to make a mortgage payment, so those "motivated sellers" with beat up homes might just be 3-12 months from putting them on the market.

These aren't federally defined terms, nor are they defined by FNMA/FHLMC/FHA/etc anywhere.

The only way you get that interest rate and low down payment is with government loan programs, which means you have to live there.