Look at Those Prices!
In 2004 people around these parts (that's the Phoenix metro area for anyone new to this blog) found that there was an abundance of homes from which to choose.
Houses were affordable and the selection was tremendous.
Then came the boom. For the next two (5 comments)
housing: Market Data- It's seldom fresh and always needs an update - 07/17/08 12:56 PM
Ohhhh... The Ever-Changing Market- I'm typically optimistic regarding several sectors of the real estate market. The statistics that most of us see tend to give a macro-view. This only makes sense because news agencies tend to want to capture a wide audience. However, the large view is overwhelming- it paints (3 comments)
"Act surprised" ... that's the command I gave my daughters as they unknowingly became a part of my blog-marketing campaign.
Fortunately they put up with me.
OK... for about 3 seconds... and no do-overs.
This is a brief snapshot with my wrap-up of this week's market news. There's (4 comments)
housing: Map Housing & Transportation Costs for Your Area - 04/28/08 06:44 PM
It's the modern home buyer quandry:
Do I want to pay more for the home to live closer work/school?
or
Do I want to pay less to live further away?
Lately I'm performing the following searches:
Homes close to work/school (usually re-sale)
Homes further away at bargain value pricing (often (17 comments)
For those who are interested in Maricopa County Arizona's southeast valley, here's some recent data to consider, as demonstrated in this article from the Arizona Republic's, Sept. 11, 2007 edition:
Chandler, Mesa and the city of Maricopa had more single-family (1 comments)
housing: Greenspan-Video-Rama - 09/17/07 08:39 PM
Though longer the Fed Chairman- when Alan Greenspan speaks, people still listen.
More importantly, markets move. He's been all over the media lately. Here are a few media links:
Greenspan on NPR talking about his memoir and his take on the current market.
On 60 Minutes
Forecasting the economic future video (1 comments)
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