Archive for real estate news
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 [...]
Schumer wants government bail out for those in foreclosure… WHAT?!!
I know this is old news, but I just had to put in my 2 cents. Ol’ Mr. Schumer in New York is trying to bring out the proverbial life raft for borrowers in foreclosure and the subprime banks who are the “victims” of the recent rash of defaults (like the nifty graphic I whipped [...]
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 [...]
The unspoken word: Real estate commission vs. mortgage broker commission
I’ve actually thought about this topic for a long time… but just didn’t really know how to phrase my opinion. I’m friends with many real estate brokers and can understand their side… On the other hand, I was once in the lending industry and know it first hand from that side of the coin as well. [...]
Outrageous real estate – Underwater living at its finest!
Here’s another addition of our Outrageous real estate series. This one is pretty cool (you should check out these places!). Some people say that underwater living is the ‘wave’ of the future, especially with global warming melting the icecaps and less buildable land available every day. I stumbled upon these two high dollar underwater developments [...]
Existing home sales increases at biggest rate in 3 years… what does this mean?
As you may have heard, existing home sales have risen by 3.9% in Feburary… THE BIGGEST RISE in 3 years!! So what does this mean? Does it mean that we have seen the proverbial bottom of the pit and are due for another bull market in real estate?… Or just that this new statistic looks promising and [...]
