en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/324947 Comments by Kevin_Kleen http://www.retailchatr.com/2009/07/13/will-banks-be-long-term-owners/#IDComment27251987 Good post Chris. I agree with you - on the surface holding looks like a good strategy, but lenders typically way underestimate the headaches of ownership, and once they experience them they get rid of their REO and go back to lending. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:50:16 +0000 http://www.retailchatr.com/2009/07/13/will-banks-be-long-term-owners/#IDComment27251987 http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/02/mapping_underwa.html#IDComment15267493 I agree with the vintage and the exurb observations. The inset map also can be used to demonstrate the correlation between underwater homes and lower income neighborhoods (I&#039;ve posted a map showing income levels for the corresponding area at the link below). <a href="http://residentialpropertyanalytics.blogspot.com/2009/02/underwater-homes-exurbs-and-income.html" target="_blank">http://residentialpropertyanalytics.blogspot.com/...</a> Sun, 15 Feb 2009 16:33:41 +0000 http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2009/02/mapping_underwa.html#IDComment15267493