The Post reports on people selling their homes for less than the amount outstanding on their mortgages. The seller must bring money to the closing. Too bad the piece didn't include comments from David Lererah, the chief economist of the National Association of Realtors and the author of the 2005 bestseller, Why the Real Estate Boom Will Not Bust and How You Can Profit From it.
--Dean Baker
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