Real estate blog entries tagged with bust

Blog entries tagged with "bust":

bust: Interesting article on the real estate bubble.....must read! - 06/05/08 08:04 PM

I'm not sure there are many that would disagree that our economic system is in serious need of an over haul. But serious over hauls can be exteremly painful. The following article I stumbled across while searching for the estimated value of the US real estate market. But I think most … (10 comments)

bust: Once Upon A Time: The Story of the Housing Bust, Subprime Meltdown, and Credit Crunch - 04/11/08 12:56 AM

I know I’m a little late to the game, here, but I’ve been meaning to write a post about a great article in the New York Times for a while now. It’s from March 19, but it’s so good I’m going to write about it here anyway.
So the article … (0 comments)

bust: Is That a Light at the end of this tunnel? - 01/03/08 03:45 PM

I just got back from our National Association of Realtors conference in Las Vegas. Over 30,000 Realtors from around the world gathered to discuss legislative issues, mortgage fraud, marketing, the election and the economy. There's enough going on in each of those categories to write a whole column but since I … (5 comments)

bust: Boom & Bust Cycles - A Real Estate Primer - 12/17/07 12:40 PM

If you read my rant at the media in this column a couple months back, you remember one of the things I told you was how the media tends to generalize. If you believe what you read and see in the mainstream media, network TV, syndicated columns, etc., you're laboring under … (0 comments)

bust: Sick of peoples ignorance. - 08/21/07 03:19 PM

I live in Stamford Connecticut. (45 minutes oustide of NYC) Stamford is BOOMING. Everyday a new corporation is announced that it is moving here or it is announced that a financial firm from NYC is moving their headquarters here. The towns surrounding Stamford are New Canaan, Greenwich, Darien and Rowayton (Norwalk). … (0 comments)

bust: Areas that have seen no hiccup in the real estate bust. - 08/05/07 12:15 PM

I know that some areas have been hit harder than others in the real estate bust, but what areas have thrived in the past years?Boise.Austin.New York City.Who has other first hand input on areas that they are involved in that they have seen thrive over the past few years?I know first … (6 comments)

bust: How Big Is Alberta? Mideast Big. - 04/28/07 10:57 PM

Paul Krugman Top Economist
Alberta oilsands area is as rich as the middleast but with more diversity. In fact economists say that "diversity preferable to oil sheikdom""The oilsands are as if we had suddenly discovered a new major Middle Eastern oil producer, which... is not actually in the Middle East. … (3 comments)

bust: Why Housing Hasn't Hit The Skids - 02/19/07 07:02 PM

This is a re-print of February 19, 2007 Businessweek.
Why Housing Hasn't Hit The Skids Low rates are a major factor So this is the much-feared "housing bust"? Bust Lite is more like it. Existing-home prices are as high as they were a year ago, while sales have receded only to 2003 … (0 comments)

bust: Central NC real estate business environment - 10/28/06 09:00 PM

Most everything I read in the national papers looks scary. Thanks to God that's only in the national reports. It is true that real estate here has slowed from what it was in the past few years. However from my talks with seasoned agents, they are saying that this business climate is … (0 comments)

bust: Our Answer to People who think I will wait a year and see if the market goes down. - 09/23/06 09:01 AM

Although the market has softened the South Florida market remains strong. Our team has sold 10 homes last month and expect to do more than that this month as we already have sold 6 or 7 so far. Prices are holding steady and still going up.
Here is a recent article you can … (1 comments)