The wedding is much different from the marriage

Is owning a home still cool? That's the question posed by Inman News columnist Marcie Geffner in her latest column published this week. In light of all that's been happening in the subprime market, Geffner remarks on the differences between owning a home and buying a home. "Buying" was the favored state of mind during the housing craze and now some of those buyers are finding that they can't afford to own the home. While it's true that many loan products used were complicated, Geffner writes that "too many homeowners ignored the seriousness of the decision because they wanted to buy a home they needed to believe they could afford."

Read the full column at Inman News: "Is owning a home still cool?"

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