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| Author: Murad Ali |
The U.S. is the world's largest economy and is moving into its fifth year of expansion. The biggest risk is the housing market which is expected to slow this year and potentially drag the economy down with it. Many people are betting that the housing market will avoid a major crash but instead will plateau leaving prices stagnant. The resulting rise in interest rates could put a lot of families under financial stress.
A housing market that is not growing quickly turns into a buyer's market. People will have a number of houses to choose from which will block any increasing value for current home owners. To most home owners this will not be a problem because they have conventional fixed-rate mortgages and only need to wait until the market improves. People who have unconventional 5-year arms and interest only loans may be seriously hurt; especially if interest rates rise.
'I think one of the principal risks is whether or not home prices decline and the impact that that will have in terms of influencing the savings rate and personal consumption growth as we have already seen in the U.K. and Australia' said David Rosenberg a U.S. economist at Merrill Lynch (Wolk, 2005).
A bigger problem is people's personal savings rates. Because debt is so easy today and most families are at a maximum borrowing limit many people who will see a jump in their interest payments may begin to default. This default raises the interest rate even further due to increased risks associated with lending money. In the end many people will not have money to spend or save which could have serious consequences for the economy as a whole.
The best measure to avoid such pit falls is to put a larger sum down on your house during purchase which gives you a cushion to work with incase you need to sell your house quickly. The second measure is to avoid all credit card balances, home equity loans and charge cards. Finally, only engage in fixed-rate mortgages. |
Author Bio:
Article was written by Murad Ali the author of ??A Call to Greatness: Reforming the Muslim World?? and ??An American Mecca: The News Muslim Homeland?? available on Barnes & Noble, Border Books, Books-a-Million, Amazon, and more. For more articles like this please visit The Muslim Times at www.muradenterprises.org |
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