housing market: Ways Prices Drop - 04/10/08 03:23 PM
It seems common sense that the reason real estate prices drop is because there is too much supply and limited demand. BUT WAIT!! There are other factors at work behind the scenes.The housing market is not like your average retail store that puts products on the shelf and offers advertised specials.One (0 comments)
housing market: Take Media Forecasts with a Grain of Salt - 11/22/07 11:38 AM
My first job out of college many years ago was as a fact checker so I'm always on guard for discrepancies. But, as a Realtor I was actually delighted to discover in the most recent issue of Money Magazine there are two completely opposite statistics and forecasts regarding the housing market--I'm going (0 comments)
housing market: Deja Vu?? 5-Year Anniversary of the Bear Market for U.S. Stocks - 10/09/07 06:56 PM
Tomorrow is the 5-year anniversary of the low point of the U.S. stock market when the S&P 500 bottomed out at 777 before it began a 5-year bull market run that reached 1558 last Friday and appears to still be climbing. What's interesting abou this is the Buiness Section of the (4 comments)
housing market: The Housing Market is Very Localized...Some Neighorhoods are DOWN and Some are UP! - 09/17/07 12:43 PM
Listening to the media can be very confusing when you are trying to decide whether to buy or sell now. Not only are reports conflicting but they are usually based nationwide, statewide or regional statistics. In fact, the housing market is very localized, meaning that you can have a down market (1 comments)