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5 Economic Assumptions We (still) Make That Won’t Always Be True

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Real Estate Will Always Have Value. Ahem… , we all saw real estate fall in 2008, 2009 and 2010 – but do you believe that it is now on the rebound? Some believe that we are in for an even bigger real estate bust in the 2014 – 2016 years. Are you snapping up property at low interest rates?

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Financial moves in a low interest rate economy. Using a student loan to get educated or re-educated in a new (presumably higher paying) field could also be a sure thing. Pretty much nothing. For them, it would be much more fun to do something else with their money. I’m sure lots of adults feel the very same way.

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Frugal housing.

Finally Frugal

I was questioning whether, with the sad state of the real estate market, throwing money at my second mortgage was really the intelligent thing to do, since I don't know whether I'll ever get that money back (I'm thinking not). I got some really good (and thought provoking) comments on that blog post.

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