Thanks to the 2008 stimulus act, the federal government has been insuring about six mortgages a week in San Francisco — compared to none for all of 2007. Traditionally, loans underwritten by the Federal Housing Administration are for the poors ("in low-cost states like Texas and Michigan"), but the bar's been raised, allowing middle- and upper-income buyers into the game. Profiled in the NYT: three friends who each dropped $33K in order to buy a Hayes Valley building. The idea? "We’re banking on real estate. Everyone expects prices to keep going up." Hey, that sounds familiar. [NYT]
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