Uncle Bob …you got a lotta 'splaining to do about Real Estate, financing and real property trading. — You have a favourite uncle, don't you? – someone who loves you like your Mom/Dad … but is a lot more fun? That's the relationship we'll have- on this site and in person. Lots of Q's and A's in November 2013 link, scroll down, on Right Side
Inverse Relationship between Interest Rates & Home Price Appreciation — Gov’t vainly tries to control the Economy via the Tax Code — BUT they DO quite-successfully tickle/throttle huge segments of the economy (i.e. Purchases of Big Ticket items that are financed) via Central Bank Interest rates