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Old 08-08-2011, 10:50 AM   #598
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Originally Posted by Azure View Post
When you're telling a family that has a combined income of $40,000/year that they can afford the $1.5million dollar home over on the rich side of town, how many of them actually bother to read the fine print?
Can you provide citations to show that this actually happened? Obviously many people (poor and middle class alike) were buying homes beyond their means during the housing bubble, but I think your example is more than slightly hyperbolic. Even the greediest, most short-sighted subprime lender is not going to give a $1.5M mortgage to a family with a $40k household income.
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