Friday, September 30, 2005

Bubble Terminology

Here are some of the bubble terminology: *UPDATED*

  • Greenspeak
  • HomeDebter
  • Toxic Mortgage
  • Speculative Fervor
  • Creative financing
  • Speculator
  • Flipper
  • Flipping
  • Option Arm
  • House Poor
  • Houisnghead
  • Bubblehead
  • Bubble Cheerleader
  • Negative Amortization
  • Interest Only
  • ARM = Adjustable Rate Mortgage
  • Bubble Market
  • Double Digit Appreciation
  • Housing Bust
  • Housing Boom
  • Soft Landing
  • Hard Landing
  • Froth
  • Asset Inflation
  • Bidding War

What other terms am I missing related to the the housing bubble?

5 comments:

  1. "Soft-Landing"
    "Froth"
    "Asset Inflation"

    Just a few to add

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  2. I want to put together a complete list and then add defintions.

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  3. I think you should add some of the players. David Lareah, for one, is a name that should be well remembered.

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  4. How about Stated-income Loans and Stated-outcome Loans?

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  5. One more I remembered recently:
    Suicide Mortgage

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