Seriously. I'm a much bigger fan of government intervention in markets than, I think, most on this site, but this program just seems insane. "House prices are too high—let's raise demand rather than address supply!" LOLWUT?

> "I thought the program was genius," said Scott Evans, executive vice president of Cross Country Mortgage, describing what he thought when he first heard about the new loan program.

Mortgage dude likes having more clients. Shocking.

> “When you sell the property or refinance the loan, they take up to 20% of the appreciation. The homeowner gets to keep 80%," he said.

Wow. This gets even weirder. At least I guess this means they'll likely make money on the whole thing, but I'm not sure I love a state government being an outright investor in private homes.