[lbo-talk] origins of the housing boom

Jordan Hayes jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com
Mon Aug 29 15:31:44 PDT 2011


shag writes:


>> On 8/29/2011 3:14 PM, Jordan Hayes wrote:
>>
>> This is actually a very good example of ...

Actually, SA wrote that.


> recently, I learned that the appraisal for the house was
> more than the purchase offer. The mortgage broker wrote to
> say, "Woohoo! Now you have instant equity!"
> [...]
> what amazed me was how, in the midst of clear and obvious
> evidence that a house is only worth what a buyer is going to
> pay for it, i was still told I had "instant equity"!

I guess. In the same way that a house is only "worth what a buyer will pay" equity is only "worth what a lender will lend" ...

What do you think "equity" should mean?

Should it include, for instance, the ordinary 8% haircut you'd take if you sold it?

/jordan



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