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Home Equity Lending That Fueled Consumer Spending to Recover

By Implode-Explode Heavy Industries

"Rising home prices and an improving economy will spark a modest rebound this year in U.S. home equity lending, the driver of about 2 percent of consumer spending in the first half of the decade. This time around, lenders and homeowners will be more cautious about converting their equity to cash, muting any boost to the economy after the worst slump since the Great Depression, said Greg McBride, senior financial analyst with Bankrate.com."

Full post as published by Mortgage Lender Implode-o-Meter on March 11, 2010 (boomark / email).