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  1. #251
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    Quote Originally Posted by meatdrink9 View Post
    Saying real Estate as a whole is screwed is stupid. There will be areas that drop, but there will always be pockets that do well. Just like the stock market. Some stocks may lose value while others rise.
    No, just like the market, when the overall index drops, it's not doing well. Sale prices, housing starts, foreclosures, etc. all point to a weak market. Pockets doing well, just like individual stocks doing well, aren't meaningful in a broad sense.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dexter Rutecki View Post
    No, just like the market, when the overall index drops, it's not doing well. Sale prices, housing starts, foreclosures, etc. all point to a weak market. Pockets doing well, just like individual stocks doing well, aren't meaningful in a broad sense.
    Index? Who cares. Just the same way I wouldn't give a shit about Enron if I owned Apple. I care about my own personal investments. I already said that SLC had slowed down. It's obvious this year won't be like last and the majority of markets aren't going to have a good year, but again while people are shaking their hands and crying about the sky falling I'm cashing the biggest checks I've ever seen.

    I guess we're going on year two of this thread. I'll continue to put my money where my mouth is and invest and I'll share first hand accounts of how it goes. Meanwhile those of you not investing in real estate who know so much more than those of us who are feel free to continue to post articles about the Real Estate woes of East Bumfuckville.

    If someday someone comes and tells me my house isn't worth anything because the market has crashed I think I'd walk them through the house and show them the kitchen, the bathrooms, the furnace, the garage, etc... All of these things have value. Even if it's not monetary they're physical objects that cover one of our most basic needs of shelter. The stock market on the other hand. Say you used to own Enron. Someday someone can come tell you that all those pieces of paper that say they're worth money are worthless and you know what they'll be right. There's nothing you can do with them.

    Obviously I'm a big fan of real estate, but only because it's treated me well.

  3. #253
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    whitney's written a lot of interesting stuff on related subjects:

    Housing Bubble Boondoggle: “Is it too late to get out”?
    http://www.informationclearinghouse....ticle17585.htm

    By Mike Whitney

    04/24/07 "ICH" -- -- - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson delivered an upbeat assessment of the slumping real estate market on Friday saying, "All the signs I look at" show "the housing market is at or near the bottom.”

    Baloney.

    Paulson added that the meltdown in subprime mortages was not a “serious problem. I think it’s going to be largely contained.”

    Wrong again.

    Paulson knows full well that the housing market is headed for a crash and probably won’t bounce back for the next 4 or 5 years. That’s why Congress is slapping together a bailout package that will keep struggling homeowners out of foreclosure. If defaults keep skyrocketing at the present rate they are liable to bring the whole economy down in a heap.


    Last week, the Senate convened the Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Senator Charles Schumer. The committee’s job is to develop a strategy to keep delinquent subprime mortgage holders in their homes. It may look like the congress is looking out for the little guy, but that’s not the case. As Schumer noted, “The subprime mortgage meltdown has economic consequences that will ripple through our communities unless we act.”


    Schumer’s right. The repercussions of millions of homeowners defaulting on their loans could be a major hit for Wall Street and the banking sector. That’s what Schumer is worried about---not the plight of over-leveraged homeowners.

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    I more or less agree with Meatdrink. And like him I am pretty heavily invested in Real Estate. And I feel confident about it. I have a duplex under construction right now and and will be starting a group of rowhomes this fall. Things have slowed down somewhat, for sure. And the rate of appreciation has slowed. But what I think when I hear all these new reports about Dr Horton or Pulte homes losing money is that we are finally reaching the point where developing in concentric circles around major metropolitan areas has reached its profitable limit. Urban infill and intelligent land usage will continue to be popular and profitable. Denver is currently experience a huge surge of infill development. The first skyscrapers in decades are being started and buttloads of condos are going up at obscene prices.

    Public perception will ebb and flow between irrational exuberance and unjustified pessimism. If you can ebb when others are flowing you can do well.

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    Don't ya love it. Stupid, greedy people borrow way too much to get into homes (and cars, and Big screens, and skis), and the "government" is going to "bail" them out now. Sooooo.....sounds like you and me are going to get a little higher tax bill to keep Mr and Mrs No Money Down in their little MacMansion. But, yeah, this could be a big problem for local politicians who depend on the ever rising value of of these homes by taxing them more and more, especially here in Joizy.

    You've probably seen the articles on the front page of your local papers like this one: http://www.baltimoresun.com/business...ck=3&cset=true . I'm assuming it's an easy thing to research for a reporter, since foreclosures are on the public record. I refer to this one, because some may think that it's just lower class homeowners (heh) who are in trouble.

  6. #256
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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    Don't ya love it. Stupid, greedy people borrow way too much to get into homes (and cars, and Big screens, and skis), and the "government" is going to "bail" them out now. Sooooo.....sounds like you and me are going to get a little higher tax bill to keep Mr and Mrs No Money Down in their little MacMansion. But, yeah, this could be a big problem for local politicians who depend on the ever rising value of of these homes by taxing them more and more, especially here in Joizy.
    to be fair, government did a lot to induce these people to buy homes they couldn't afford. i'm all for personal responsibility, but lack of it doesn't absolve the racket.

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    Quote Originally Posted by spook View Post
    to be fair, government did a lot to induce these people to buy homes they couldn't afford. i'm all for personal responsibility, but lack of it doesn't absolve the racket.
    except this is about bailing out the bankers - who did much of the inducing, and made much of the money - not about the people who took out the loans
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  8. #258
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    Quote Originally Posted by cj001f View Post
    except this is about bailing out the bankers - who did much of the inducing, and made much of the money - not about the people who took out the loans
    i agree. i was only referring to the comment about the stupid, greedy people borrowing too much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mcsquared View Post
    Things have slowed down somewhat, for sure. And the rate of appreciation has slowed. But what I think when I hear all these new reports about Dr Horton or Pulte homes losing money is that we are finally reaching the point where developing in concentric circles around major metropolitan areas has reached its profitable limit.
    Yeah, it seems like the old 'location,location,location' saying is in full effect in the Front Range these days. My father-in-law and good friend of mine (RE agents in Denver) both mentioned recently that the market outside of Central Denver has slowed drastically in the past 6-12 months (my father-in-law gave an example of his client getting a 80K reduction in price on a new home in SE Aurora). However, they mentioned homes priced right in Central Denver are selling quickly and prices appear to be holding up well. Heck, a 6,300-sq/ft lot (house was scraped) in West Wash Park just sold for $600k. Insane.

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    Truth: There is no 'national' real estate market.

    It is difficult to make sense of 'national' statistics when everyone's local market is different. In good times and bad. There are areas of the Midwest where people are saying 'what boom?'. In my market in SW FL, the market peaked in Nov/Dec 2005. Prices are down around 20% from the top and are still too high IMHO. Sales in 2006 were abysmal. Down 50% and more. Latest press articles are saying the 'crash' is over, and the Realtors are doing TV commercials saying now is the time to buy. Whatever. I haven't bought anything residential in 5 years.

    National statistics are good for bankers and for companies who do business nationwide. What matters to most of us is what the market is doing where we are or where we do business. Real estate is cyclical, therefore it is always in a state of flux, either up or down. There are only two inflection points in the curve and you cannot see them until you are past them.

    Just like in the stock market, there is always a way to make money, whether the market is 'going up' or 'going down'. Me, I'll stick to my commercial projects and situations where I can add value.
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    If anyone knows of a short sale/preforeclosure they wanna toss my way near Wellshire/Slavens in Denver, let me know

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    So much for the market cooling off in Calgary.



    The fixer upper house I bought in N.E. Calgary six years ago for $116,000 is now worth $330,000. No wonder realtors around here all drive big ass SUVs.

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    http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...1/b4035053.htm

    Home Builders In A Hole
    Battered by the bust, they're filing for Chapter 11 and begging hedge funds for help

    The downturn in the housing market has caught the nation's home builders by surprise, leaving many overextended with costly land they can't develop and unfinished homes they can't sell. The financial strain is starting to show. From Arizona to Arkansas, dozens of small- and midsize builders have filed for bankruptcy over the past six months. Among the casualties: Turner Dunn Homes of Phoenix, whose assets were snapped up by Frontier Homes. And in late April, credit analysts at Moody's Investors Service (MCG ) warned that a number of large home builders could fall out of compliance with their debt agreements later this year, leaving them at risk of default unless lenders come to their rescue by granting a waiver or reworking their loans. Some builders are so desperate, in fact, that they're even running into the arms of hedge funds to bail them out with fresh loans at high rates and onerous terms.

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    Yeah! New vacant foreclosure property with weeds/grass knee deep right across the street from me.
    An every day reminder of the unrestrained lending that brought on this calmity.
    Fuck you you fucking mortgage lending fucktard douchebags. Please to confirm someones income and residence status and a realistic property value before lending them too much money.

    FYI, this video is Sacremento and I'm at the other end of the country, but it is telling:
    . . .

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    That vid makes me so happy to own a home just down the road in Fresno. Wheeee!!! We're gonna be stuck with that thing for 10 years, blah.
    I'm so hardcore, I'm gnarcore.

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    Check out today's Wall Street Journal. They cover a neighborhood in Detroit (nice, middle class) slowly going to shit because of foreclosures. As they say, ain't nobody buying in a neighborhood with 20% or more foreclosed. You don't want that next door.
    Last edited by Benny Profane; 05-30-2007 at 06:11 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Benny Profane View Post
    slowly going to shit because of foreclosures. As they say, ain't nobody buying in a neighborhood with 20% or more foreclosed. You don't want that next door.
    Yep, that's my street too.

    On one side is the house worth $400k max that sold 2 months ago for $490k (kid got a house and walked away with over $25k from the closing and he dont care cuz he's not a citizen and he rents out the basement for 6 people to live in and fuck it if it all goes south since for all I know he didnt even use his real name, cuz why would you if they dont need that info). Would not surprise me if it gets foreclosed someday soon.

    Across the street is the recently foreclosed house with two foot unmowed grass and vacant windows.

    Two houses over is the recently rehabbed house that was supposed to be a fix and flip, only its a fix and flop. 16 months on the market and now its either going to be foreclosure or a boarding house like the house next to me.

    Just heard about another foreclosure 4 houses down.

    Boo Yah!
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    http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/busin...=1&oref=slogin



    "Many economists have extended their timeline for a housing market recovery in light of growing foreclosures among borrowers with damaged credit and climbing mortgage rates."

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    Jackson may not be real, but Driggs/Victor/Tetonia, (as well as Rexburg, Alpine, Idaho Falls, etc) are very real, and going like gangbusters.
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    All I know is that my home in MT is taking a while to sell. It is a 3100sq ft home...2 years old. 1 acre lot. 5br, 3.5 bath. Selling for 289,900. Laurel, MT....15 min from Billings, 40 min to the Beartooth Mtns. Anyone interested?
    ROLL TIDE ROLL

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    I live in a bubble.
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    I live in a hot air balloon.
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    FKNA Danno...

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    Quote Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark View Post
    I live in a hot air balloon.
    better watch out, the sky is falling

    seriously, doomsday predictions of real estate markets collapsing is insane newspaper fodder. certain markets will tank, but so what? blue chip markets will remain strong. the punters who took on high risk loans and the fly-by-nighters who loaned it to them will get what they deserve. everyone else needs to breath easy, stay the course and wait for the next growth cycle. if you've got the cash, go find some bargains.

    the originator of this thread seems interested in saying "fuck the rich" more than anything about real estate.

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    Bay Area Ca. local observation:

    I live in an entry level neighborhood in the East Bay Area. Prices are definately soft and down at least 10%. Dump across the street has been on the market for a year.. Dozens of homes for sale in the neighborhood. At best will be stability. Personally, I see a flat market as far as the eye can see unless rates drop below 5% It's what the Fed wants so I'm really not surprised. Remember, the Fed's prime directive is to fight inflation and house prices had to be reigned in. Most of me is happy about this because I want my young friends to be prosperous and own homes.

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