Archive for real estate markets
Melting mortgage industry – American Home Mortgage shuts down…
As many of you have already hear, one of the well established “Alt-A” lenders in the U.S. recently announced that they are shutting their doors. Wow! This market is getting weirder and weirder every second! It’ll be interesting to see what the heck the mortgage and real estate markets will look like in 12 months [...]
Local real estate markets 2007 – Which markets are still hot?: H-M
Okay… okay… now you can stop pounding down my door about getting this second batch of local real estate market statistics out. As you can see, there are many nice looking markets around the U.S. to invest in. In particular, the Biloxi Mississippi area is still hot and the “Go Zone” incentives still apply. As [...]
Local real estate markets 2007 – Which markets are still hot?
As you know, there is a ton of doom and gloom out there regarding the national real estate market. Some say the market has hit the bottom and is looking for the right time to jump back up… others say the market is far from the bottom… and yet others say there is absolutely nothing [...]
July 2007 Real Estate Market Indicators – Market Research
Hi all, Sorry I didn’t get this to you earlier. Here is the July 2007 real estate market indicators and health of the overall market as reported by John Burns Real Estate Consulting. Enjoy… =================== The Truly Bearish Case Isn’t Playing Out The real bears in this market believe housing will lead the economy into [...]
5 housing markets to invest in during the rest of 2007 – and 4 to stay away from
With all of this real estate doom and gloom out there, the sky is falling, no one is making money in real estate talk… there are a lot of people still making a lot in real estate. What’s the difference between those who are making money and those who say there’s no money to be [...]
May 2007 Housing Market Key Indicators – What’s happening now
As you know, it is getting difficult to keep up with all of the changes in the housing market and the economy. So… to help keep you up on the latest real estate and economic indicators… here you go… Courtesy of Hanley Wood Market Intelligence www.hanleywood.com/hwmi Housing Hurting, Stocks Surging While the housing sector struggles [...]
San Fransisco median home prices up… sales down… what gives??
So, the median home prices in San Fransisco are up lately… but the sales are down? Doesn’t this kind of buck the age old economic principle of supply and demand? When there’s less demand aren’t prices supposed to go down as well? That’s what I learned in Economics 101 way back in my college days [...]
The virtual roller coaster of real estate prices
As you know, real estate prices have gone up and down over the past 100 years… and in recent years have busted through the roof! I stumbled upon this cool “virtual roller coaster of real estate prices” video that gives you a unique look at the journey real estate prices have taken to get where [...]
News pieces througout the process of the “real estate bubble”, interesting look
I came across this video made by a guy named Paulie Sabol that is a mis-mash of news pieces from the past couple years on the state of real estate. The video isn’t made that great (and I’m not sure what he is trying to sell at the end), but it is an interesting and quick [...]
Huge Real Estate Investment Incentives in the Go Zone for Investors
By now you have probably heard the term “Go Zone” tossed around in the real estate investing world in the past few years. So, what is this “Go Zone” and why should you know about it? In basic terms, the Go Zone’s are the areas affected by natural disasters such as hurricane Rita, Wilma, Katrina, [...]
